The Real Reason We Love Halloween I must admit that I’ve never been much of a Halloween kind of guy. Even as a kid, I was really just in it for the candy. Then as I moved into high school and trick-or-treating became socially frowned upon both by my peers and the adults who would […]
The Path to Peace Between Israel and Palestine Having grown up as an only child, I have never known the sheer joy of arguing with a sibling day after bliss-inducing day. But after having witnessed my own two children literally argue over dirt, I feel I have gleaned at least some sagacity into the existential […]
The Real Reason Americans Don’t Feel Safe I walked into the grocery store yesterday and was kindly greeted by a security guard standing at the door. While I certainly appreciated the cheery but awkward smile, I couldn’t help thinking that there simply weren’t security officers at grocery stores back when I was a kid. But […]
The Greed that Feeds People often ask me why I hate free market capitalism so much. Truth be told, I’m actually a big fan of American capitalism. I’ve never lived in China or the former Soviet Union, but I feel confident that we have a pretty good thing going, all things considered. But what I […]
