A few weeks ago, Colin Powell—former general, former Secretary of State in George W. Bush’s administration—was reading the New Yorker.
And in that magazine, he discovered this picture of a mother at the gravestone of her son, an American soldier killed in Iraq. The gravestone was marked not by a cross or a Star of David, but by […]
This past week, I have been the victim of joy, struck down by happiness like a hit and run where the victim—me—rises dizzily to his feet with a crooked grin on his face. And I am thankful beyond belief for the gift of so many things, so thankful that all I can do is to […]
Emil Nolde, “Dancing around the Golden Calf”
When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered around Aaron, and said to him, “Come, make gods for us, who shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, […]
A long post, this is part of a chapter from the book of memoir I’m finishing up this week and the next, from a chapter called “Mistakes.” I hope there’s something here for you.
Marriage is not the only place I’ve made mistakes and misjudgments. I’ve made financial mistakes—like failing to buy Apple stock at $5 […]
