An announcement of a prestigious Instagram shout-out and the initial episode of the graphic novel from my Lego town.
How parents and general readers can use their purchasing power to support diverse authors, alternative voices and a new generation of book-lovers.
Thoughts on the importance of freedom of expression, prompted by a PEN American Center celebration and the arrival of two members of Pussy Riot to the U.S.
I explain the idiomatic expression "thrown under the bus" using an example from the George Washington Bridge lane closing scandal.
My LEGO city, Little Brick Township, satirizes the multiple scandals surrounding New Jersey governor Chris Christie.
A Turkish pro-democracy activist describes how he uses LEGO to lampoon an increasingly repressive government and to let others know about the situation.
A Portuguese visitor speaks at the University at Albany about the current crisis in Europe and invites us back to Lisbon.