Alex Goes All-in on a Bike Ride to Princeton

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Yesterday, just before noon, my sixteen-year-old son Alex called and said he was biking to Princeton with a few of his friends. They were go...
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No Gyms = No Rocks (Hypothetically)

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If I were (hypothetically) pilfering rocks from the park to outline my wife's garden, it would be very difficult to do so during the pa...

An Old Lady Touches My Balls

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This morning my son Ian and I got up early to play tennis. There were three courts in the shade and only one was taken. We left a court betw...
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Growing Pains

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It was Father's Day Eve and everything was wonderful. Tennis in the morning with Ian. A game of Small World in the afternoon. Ping-pong ...
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Hitchhiker's Guide meets Star Trek Meets a Modern Feminist Perspective . . .

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If you've ever wondered what Star Trek  would be like if it were written by a woman, check out Becky Chambers sci-fi novel The Long Way ...

Remote Schooling Has Failed Us

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My sixteen-year-old son took a look at a pair of mini-watermelons on the counter and said: "Can we eat these little watermelons now? ...
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Numbers and Some Perspective: Is The Coronavirus More Racist Than the Police?

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Like most people, I've been mulling over the death of George Floyd and the ensuing protests. As have my friends. It's really ha...
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Don't Mess With the Locals: Whether You are on the Merrimack or off the Harbor

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Townie , a memoir by the best-selling author Andre Dubus III, is the small-town Caucasian version of season four of The Wire. It ends better...

Cities? Discuss . . .

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For some time now, people in America have been moving out of the largest cities to small towns, suburbs, and exurbs. The COVID pandemic has ...
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This Is What I Said to My Wife After She Finished (Loudly) Power-washing the Deck

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I don't like heat or noise. I like cold and quiet.
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These Regions Go To Eleven

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Colin Woodard's 2011 book American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America is just as relevant today a...
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No Good Dave Goes Unrewarded

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It looks like my stint as a community service pandemic shopper is coming to a close. While there were  occasional rewarding moments, I'...
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Trump Steals a Move from Shakespeare's Richard III

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Today's episode of The Daily (The Showdown at Lafayette Square) details how Donald Trump used the U.S. military to disperse nonviolent...
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