Year: 2020
My Father’s Feud, or Spite Fight at the Not-OK Corral
My father, who was a lawyer, delighted in telling the story of how a woman came to him as a potential client in her divorce case and told him, “I want you because I’ve heard […]
As Helicopter Kids Grow Up “Bring Your Parents to Work Day” Spreads
NEW YORK. Safra Cohen is a lowly first-year associate at a corporate law firm with offices in mid-town Manhattan who has spent her first two months on the job as the junior member of a team […]
Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor Casts Doubt on I.Q. Claims of White Supremacists
In the aftermath of the arrests of 13 men connected to the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the White Superiority Movement is in disarray. Shortly after the suspects were taken into custody, the […]
Where’s My Phreakin’ Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded last week, and for the 50th consecutive year since I first took a course in the subject, I didn’t win. Excuse me if sound a tad bitter this […]
Green Messages Have Brown-Baggers Seeing Red
FALL RIVER, Mass. Tony Amico and Greg Brown are two “finish” carpenters who spend their days installing cabinets in kitchens and bathrooms. “It’s not Finnish like Teemu Selanne,” Amico says, referring to the former high-scoring NHL […]