Columns & Collected Essays

Last week, in Part I of this summer reading guide (written for pre-teens and teens), I confessed that I am a bookstalker. This is a...

Are you ready for summer reading, boys and girls? Moms and dads? Children of all ages? I am. And I’m going to tell you what to read...

News flash! According to a new, long-term US study, people who are married with children are not all that happy. Now that’s not exactly...

I have this friend who is a writer in L.A. He recently read my articles and gave me some advice as I try to write a longer work. “Don’t...

Julie is going to write about Facebook today.Julie is starting her article this way in order to explain to everyone that it is not normal...

In case you didn’t read it or don’t remember, Part I of this series took a hard look at the somewhat misguided preparations I made for my...