Housebound
Some thoughts on being stuck indoors for more than a year due to my broken ankle and covid-19.
2020 New Year’s Resolutions Check-in
Wrapping up my 2020, a year full of both mishaps and achievements, and New Year's Resolutions I forgot to make.
When We Lost Our Humanity
Some questions on the anniversary of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
A message went up on plywood after Election Day, but the peaceful transfer of power isn't always a given.
Democracy Wins!
Celebrating the election victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in New York City.
Ice Cream Wars
An update on my favorite ice cream shops in the East Village and Lower East Side of NYC and how they've fared in the pandemic.
The Babies Escape New York
Report on Jonah and Reed's two weeks in the Hamptons and how glad we are to have them back in the city.
Our Fight Is Their Fight
Having newborn babies in the family has made us think of their future, what kind of world they'll grow up to live in. Jonah and Reed were conceived during Derrick…
Monuments and Murals
Some thoughts on why Confederate monuments are falling now, in the midst of a pandemic and a far-right resurgence.
Independence Lost
Comparing the national security law that eliminates Hong Kong's independence to the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968.