Columns & Collected Essays

My son, Andrew, will be entering Scarsdale Middle School in September, and guess who’s excited about it? Moi! Want to know why?  Because...

Originally published in The Scarsdale Inquirer on April 12, 2012. “What time is the babysitter coming?”  My seven-year-old daughter, Zoe,...

Have I ever mentioned to you how much I hate skiing?  There’s the cold, and the ice, and the shlepping to a mountain.  There are boots...

A note before I begin: this article was written in response to a request from my editor at Scarsdale10583.com, to speak about safety in...

There is something about my seven-year-old daughter, Zoe, that makes people want to buy her stuff.  Is she cute?  Sure.  Is she funny? ...

One of the goals of a superb education is to ensure that the next generation — our children — are ready to compete in a global economy....