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Graduates Need To Know That Life Is Bigger Than Your GPA May. 17, 2024
"Your success in high school does not determine your success in life." My high school English teache... Read More
Lives Bereft of Meaning Nov. 23, 2023
Last week, writers Francesca Block and Suzy Weiss co-authored an article in The Free Press describin... Read More
Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud Aug. 21, 2022
Work-life balance now has a new, trendy phrase: "quiet quitting." But it's not what it sounds like. ... Read More
Your Mission: Learn To Live May. 12, 2022
May is graduation month. Students, parents and friends celebrate the end of one process and the star... Read More
A Palm Sunday Reflection: Jesus 'Understood the Assignment' Apr. 08, 2022
With Palm Sunday approaching, I've been reflecting on the popular social media catchphrase "I unders... Read More
Affluence + Secularism = Boredom = Leftism Apr. 27, 2021
Just as physicists look for equations to explain the natural world, I have always thought it useful ... Read More
Aquarius Moon PSA Apr. 06, 2021
Joy and meaning can't be bought, for many reasons. For starters, they're invisible; they come from w... Read More
The Human Need To Feel Important -- and How Government Squelches It Mar. 16, 2021
If one were to draw up a list of human needs, food and shelter would be at the top. With great resp... Read More
A Reminder to American Jews: Civilization Is Fragile Sep. 29, 2020
Yesterday was Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. It is meant to be a time of intens... Read More
America's Jews and Christians Are Failing the Test of Their Lives Jun. 23, 2020
If you are a Jew or Christian in America, the seriousness of your Judaism or Christianity is now bei... Read More
Will Jewish and Christian Schools Teach the Truth About America and Racism? Jun. 16, 2020
"Do not follow the majority to do evil." — Exodus 23:2. When I went to yeshiva day schools, Am... Read More
The Four Horsemen of America's Apocalypse Jun. 09, 2020
It takes a lot to build a civilization, and though it is much easier to destroy a civilization, it t... Read More
The Question That Explains Almost Everything Feb. 04, 2020
If you want to understand a human being or the human condition, what is the single most important qu... Read More
This Word Sails to Many 'Ports' of Call Jun. 19, 2019
Like a wandering sailor, the Latin root "porto" has a girl in every ... well, port. "Porto" means "c... Read More
Who Was That Masked Mantis? May. 22, 2019
Picture a mosquito with a musket, a mantis with a crystal ball, and a larva wearing a mask. Entomolo... Read More
Origins Breathe Life Into Words Apr. 17, 2019
Studying the origins of words can seem like an esoteric enterprise, relegated to nerdy scholars poki... Read More
The Revel Is in the Details Jan. 30, 2019
A vivid passage from Michelle Obama's memoir, "Becoming," refreshed my appreciation for the intense ... Read More
This 'Calling Card' Hasn't Expired Jan. 09, 2019
When a TV weather forecaster described a November blast of cold air as "winter's calling card," I wo... Read More
Words That Go Bump in the Night Dec. 26, 2018
As a young graduate student, I once took a flight to Minneapolis that left LaGuardia Airport in New ... Read More
What Are the Rules for 'Fewer' and 'Less'? Dec. 19, 2018
My seventh-grade English teacher, Mrs. Morris, was a formidable and forthright woman. And when it ca... Read More
