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On Taylor Swift and Taste
The release of a new Taylor Swift record — and she has given us 31 new songs this day — is an occasion for many conversations. One of those is a…
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Nuremberg Fantasies
Pretend Nazis in the dock I was twelve when I first saw Judgment at Nuremberg. It ran on television some weekend evening in 1979, and I watched it…
Apr 17
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I Will Never Retire
I will never be able to retire. Several friends and I repeated this observation in a recent discussion. These friends are all Gen Xers, my age or…
Apr 13
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A Note on OJ
O.J. Simpson has died at 76. Some memories: Sunday, June 12, 1994. My fianceé, Sara — who would soon be wife #2 — and I went to a 7:00PM AA meeting in…
Apr 11
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What Do We Want our Kids to Value?
What do you want your children to know? What skills or attributes do you feel it most important to nurture? Like many parents, I want to know how other…
Apr 8
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The Good Son who Jumped
Sixty-five million years ago, an enormous meteorite struck what is now the Yucatan peninsula. The non-avian dinosaurs were wiped out by the…
Apr 3
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March 2024
Are We Victims or Volunteers? A New Fall-From-Grace Memoir Dodges the Question
I worked at Trader Joe’s for over five years. “It’s the first honest work I’ve ever done,” I said over and over again, usually with a wink and a grin…
Mar 20
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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…
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