The Parenting Paradox
Let’s face it: The day-to-day experience of raising kids is rarely much fun. Yet, in retrospect, nothing gives us more joy. More
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I Was a Psychotic Soccer Mom
Living vicariously through my daughter allowed me to celebrate her skills — but it also made me realize how much I had missed in my More
The New Nursing Home
How innovative thinkers are shaking up the classic nursing home paradigm and helping people in a state of dependence find value in their existence. More
Our Life on the Water
Joy, wonder, and the occasional dollop of paralyzing fear — what it’s like to raise a child with the Pacific as her backyard. More
I Loved My Wife, but I Wished She Would Die
Brittany Maynard’s highly publicized suicide brought me back to the last week I had with my wife — a week I’d give anything not to More
Croquet Today
Have mallet, will travel. The ancient leisurely lawn game is hot all over again. More
Adventures in the Kindle Trade
An old-school writer of, you know, printed books, tries his hand at the digital kind More
A War on Writers?
When Amazon decided to slash prices on e-books, one large publisher said no. In the subsequent skirmish, writers got caught in the middle. More
A Nation of Joiners
Numerous observers, going back to Alexis de Tocqueville, have described Americans as rugged individualists. But that’s a false impression, argues sociologist Claude S. Fischer in More
With Friends Like These …
Our beloved curmudgeon asks, "Why do so many people want to connect on Facebook, only to have no interest in actually communicating?" More
No Woman Retires Elegantly
We are all Helen Gurley Brown, minus the money More
Doctors and Dollars
How rising commercialism in American medicine may be undermining your health More
And Now, Let Us Stray
Church without God? The new Sunday Assembly movement offers spirituality and community for nonbelievers More
Lost Claus?
What happened to the tradition of sending out Christmas cards? More
Hard Times (and Good)
This is the season to count one’s blessings. I’ve had so many over the years that it would be impossible to do a full account More
American Barbershops: A Vanishing Act?
Why neighborhood barbershops are hanging on by a hair. More
