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THE ORDER OF THE DAY pretends to be about February 20, 1933, the day when a clique of twenty-four of Germany’s wealthiest businessmen agreed to fund the nearly bankrupt Nazi party, but the book is a modern warning not to entrust matters of state to powerful and wealthy businessmen whose very success depends upon flexible morals and a spiritual vacuum. Read More

Who does the chores in your house? Read More

When I was 60 years old, seven of us decided to climb Blue Mountain in the Adirondacks. I’d done it before and wasn’t too enthusiastic, but here was a challenge. Could I still do it? Rock climbing isn’t my favorite activity, but what else would I do that… Read More

Wittgenstein said, "the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of language." How's that working today? Read More

My fellow members of the Board of Friends of Anderson Park (in Montclair, New Jersey) and I decided to run a short story contest for Montclair’s middle schoolers. The story should be 2000 words or less, and had to somehow involve Anderson Park. There were doubters—”Oh the kids are just… Read More

Dear Parkland…and all the others: There’s a peculiar notion afoot that only survivors and experts can write about important issues, but I take exception to that. I was not present in Parkland or in Sandy Hook and have never seen up close a child bleeding to death with a gaping… Read More

Help people succeed in business, including artists, by staying positive Read More

Inside, it's very cold, and we're cleaning up. It feels good. Read More

My publicist, my friends, and people who interviewed me on the radio have been telling me for years that I have a good voice. If I’m going to be a public figure, and all writers are public figures, I should use what I’ve got, right? My concept has been a… Read More