I’m not particularly religious, but I go to church almost every day of the week. From 7:00pm to 7:30pm, Monday through Friday, I worship at the altar of Jeopardy! in front of my TV and receive the sacrament of trivia. This half-hour Read More
Jeff Bezos has homes in New York City, Beverly Hills, Seattle, and other cities across the country, but when he isn’t splitting his time between one of those estates, he lives in the headlines of almost every major news outlet in America. Read More
The world isn’t actually getting smaller, but people dust off the cliché to illustrate how technology and other forces make it more connected. If there was a place that took the phrase literally, however, it would be the San Diego Zoo: 100 Read More
COVID-19 is a great reminder that not all heroes wear capes. Some wear hospital scrubs, or laminated name tags from grocery stores, and others wear monk’s robes with matching arrow tattoos. If that last outfit doesn’t sound like any essential worker you’ve ever heard Read More
Many of my greatest teachers appeared first as companions. If—as Eleanor Roosevelt wrote—we learn by living, then it’s only natural that we have the most to learn from the people we let into our lives. But people, strictly speaking, aren’t the only Read More