by Adam | Monday 30 May 2011
The astrophysicist/Carl Sagan of our time, writes about the phenomenon of "Manhattanhenge", which we are in the midst of celebrating right now in New York. For Manhattan, a place where evening matters more than morning, that special day comes...
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by Adam | Wednesday 25 May 2011
As the kids get off of school (not mine...I hope), I've been seeing a lot of reposting of commencement addresses. Amy Poehler's speech at Harvard was pretty funny. Tony Kushner had a great one a few years back that I...
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by Adam | Saturday 21 May 2011
Friends, I've been in Florida, bumping into your grandparents, pool-sitting, and being terrifically over/underdressed for all occasions. Apologies for being neglectful. For all matters Middle East, I urge you to check out Jeffrey Goldberg's blog at the Atlantic. I am,...
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by Adam | Friday 13 May 2011
Caryn and I met in Midtown in the winter of 2007. I was working at Barclay’s and she was breaking in her heels for her nephew’s bar-mitzvah. I was walking to meet some B-school friends for happy hour and she...
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by Adam | Sunday 8 May 2011
Christopher Hitchens, who is ill, writes about his loss of speech in Vanity Fair. It's some sad and heavy work. Without our corresponding feeling for the idiolect, the stamp on the way an individual actually talks, and therefore writes, we...
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by Adam | Monday 2 May 2011
My piece on the Huffington Post today happens to be making some waves. Catch it while it's lukewarm. For a while it all shouted before the bagpipes sounding "Amazing Grace" brought about a silence. We weren't there to celebrate the...
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