Category: Essay
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Baseball Hall-of-Famer Bill Mazeroski died on Friday, February 20, 2026. Known for his exceptional fielding at second base, Mazeroski may be remembered most for his…
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Author’s Note: With thanks to Rick Rubin, Julia Cameron, and all the teachers It occurred to me recently that I like being on the move.…
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I’m angry. No, outraged. Why aren’t more people talking about Palestine? Demanding that our government stop sending arms to Israel? Incensed that a population of…
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Author’s Note: This piece, recounting the travails of finding an apartment in Manhattan, originally was drafted and submitted for the New York Times Magazine Endpaper…
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Author’s Note: This piece appeared in the January 2001 issue of the staff newsletter at the organization where I used to work. The “assignment” was…
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Author’s Note: The recent state funeral for Jimmy Carter and the second inauguration of The Orange One suggested this might be a good time to…
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Author’s Note: I lived in New York City for many years and enjoyed the regular installments of The New York Times’s Metropolitan Diary that captures…
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Author’s Note: Originally drafted 4/19/2022. Minor updates to make it suitable for publication. To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of closing on our house in the…
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Author’s Note: The following was submitted on 3/30/2022 for the Reader’s Write section of The Sun magazine. The theme readers were invited to write about…
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Author’s Note: The following was submitted on 1/29/2022 for the Reader’s Write section of The Sun magazine. The theme readers were invited to write about…
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