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The soft endings to each story only emphasize that each life puffs in and out of the park, then moves on, while the park itself remains eternal, or as eternal as things can ever be in New York City. Read More

If one-third of American women have had an abortion, then one-third of American men have had one, too, and it’s time they spoke up. Read More

I was invited to be part of the new Jim Johnson commercial to be filmed in his house.  Jim is running for governor in New Jersey and is building up a head of steam against Phil Murphy who is papering the state with his Goldman Sachs money in an effort… Read More

I put my hand on Brad’s shoulder and said, “Just in case you thought that white people don’t notice this sort of thing, aren’t bothered by it, I want you to know I noticed.”  Read More

In the hospital, with help from an Iranian, Bosnian, Pole, Pakistani, Italian-American, German-American, and a woman from China. That's my America. Read More

Now, Colbert, Noah, Bee, Maher, Collins, Dowd, and all the others, let’s see if you can be brilliant enough to take our minds off of the Trump theatrics. We are addicted and we need effective rehab. Read More

Donald Trump is easy to figure out – many of us have known, or heaven forbid, had to work with, a sly, uninformed, vengeful, and narcissistic bully with a bunch of college degrees. Our reaction to him is what we have to watch. Read More

E pluribus unum. We’re all in this together. Speak to me. Read More

Perhaps this is the moment when the Civil War has finally ended, and the South has won, led by a Yankee quisling. Read More