Recently, The New York Times published an article by David Leonhardt entitled, “Is bad news the only kind?” In it, Leonhardt notes that almost all the news throughout the pandemic was negative.
“When COVID cases were rising in the US, the news coverage emphasized the increase. When cases were
My high school students are helping to learn me English. To clarify, I’m actually teaching them English, but they are trying to teach me how to
I have never been good with names or faces. I joke that my wife never forgets a face, and I never remember one. So, while she will meet a woman and
During our children’s midwinter break this week, we enjoyed an overnight trip at a hotel in the Pocono Mountains.
While the rest of the family was
Last week I noticed a placard advertising that Uncle Moishy would be coming to one of the local Judaica stores here in Monsey to promote his new book
This past Friday, our Shabbat guest pulled up in front of our house an hour and a half before Shabbat. He parked a bit awkwardly in the street
This past Friday morning, after I made my morning coffee, I headed down to my basement office to learn, as I do every morning. About ten minutes
