You Have To Care About History
A human being is an historical organism.
For The Love of Aliens: On “Men in Black”
What I love about this is that the film, right from the get go, sets up multiple perspectives and corresponding jurisdictions.
Who Cares If You Do Yoga? There’s A Lot More To Life
This whole thing is in flux and nothing is certain, not even the obvious truth of downward facing dog.
In Defense Of Shtick
Today’s San Francisco is utterly bereft of shtick.
What Is An Argument?
Arguments have been given a bad rap. They’re contentious, we say. They’re hostile, oppositional. When we picture an argument, we see…
In Defense Of The Kids’ Table
I am, indeed, a parent. And the love I have for my beast borders on the sublime, threatening to tear me…
Living With Power
Living by principle is something we seem to respect as a culture. But not me. I don’t respect it. Living by principle is living by fixed abstractions while I am a living, breathing, changing system. Why would I ever want to be tethered to a principle? Eeesh!
A Sibling Kind of Love
I will say from the get go that I don’t know much about love. I’ve experienced it, for sure, multiple times…
Against Tolerance
I truly believe that tolerance is dangerous.
Say The Right Thing (Not The True Thing)
And so I often find myself in conversations — with co-workers, family, friends, students, lovers — in which I instinctively reach for the word that is true, not for the word that is right.