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"City Folks, They Don't Know:" On Place Names and Humility
It is recess, on a playground in Carmel River School, sometime in early 1977. I am trying to worm my way into a circle of popular boys. I strain to…
Mar 15
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Sex, Lies, and Stop Signs
Three short notes: One: My therapist, Danielle, wants to help me parse out the reasons I'm choosing celibacy. We discussed it yesterday, and she…
Mar 13
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Notes on primary elections, batty old men, and illusions of genius
A few Super Tuesday night notes… 1. It has been fifty years since the first California primary I can remember. 1974 was a midterm year, and the most…
Mar 6
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Don't Mistake Rudeness for Honesty
Many years ago, I lived with a woman -- one of those fortunate enough to escape my marriage proposals -- who did not believe that true love permitted…
Mar 4
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Fame isn't Money
Last night, my friend Kristin and I drove down to Costa Mesa to catch two of our favorite country artists: Sunny Sweeney and Erin Enderlin. They are not…
Mar 1
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February 2024
Choosing the Children
Versions of this meme have been making the rounds: It’s funny, of course – a playful twist on the promise of a dutiful parent, the promise we give to…
Feb 24
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One Grows Tired of So Many De-Escalations
Thirty minutes ago, as I walked on Orange Avenue near my home, I was nearly struck by a motorist pulling out of a driveway. He did not look both ways…
Feb 18
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A Very Short Note about Memory, Contradiction, and the Six Day War
It is arguably the most famous photograph in Israel’s modern history. Taken in June 1967 (days after I was born), at the end of the Six Day War, the…
Feb 13
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Love, Basketball, and Moral Conviction
“I think polyamory would be good for you. Honestly, it seems unreasonable for you of all people to reject it out of hand.” So says a good friend to me…
Feb 11
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Who Is -- and Who Isn't -- Defined by their Worst Moments?
Mama has a slight correction to Tuesday’s Substack. My mother notes that her headmaster at Ecole Internationale de Genève did not call an assembly to…
Feb 8
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Cheering Against the Home Team
The country singer Toby Keith has died. He was an outspoken conservative as well as an immensely talented songwriter. Because of the former, and because…
Feb 7
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January 2024
Not Just Darkness, and Not Just Luck: On Being Honest with Our Kids about our Triumphs and Failures
I am told that somewhere, there exist parents who decide what music gets played in the car. I am not among the ranks of these determined souls. As I…
Jan 24
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