[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This piece was originally published on Medium.com on Sept. 1, 2017. “I get you” may be the most powerful three words in the English language next to “I love you.” (“Go fuck yourself” is also a forceful trio but takes the Bronze.) “Getting” someone is the foundation of...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the mid-90s, I had the privilege of working for Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (now: USC Shoah Foundation), Steven Spielberg’s not-for-profit organization dedicated to compiling a digital library of firsthand accounts of the Holocaust. It was the most gratifying job I had after law school and...

On the one hand, talking to strangers makes us vulnerable. On the other, it invites a new connection that demonstrates respect and honors the dignity of everyone we encounter.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sadly, my Great-Uncle Sy (of Blessed Memory) just passed away. He was age 87. He was a wonderfully quirky man. A socially conscious, health-conscious CPA and avid bicyclist, he ate greens with leporine fervor, pedaled to work and bicycled up and down the East Coast with his kids, my...

WARNING: Long rant here. You may want to pack a lunch, if you’re not too nauseated by the bucking bronco ride that was the campaign season and its horrifying results… Here we are nearly two weeks after the election. I’m not sure which stage of grief I’m in. This...

It’s funny how the universe offers up what we need when we need it. Although this certainly wasn’t a burning need, it was what I needed at the moment, courtesy of The Beatles. I came to a cool coffee shop in South San Francisco (Antigua) to do some writing,...

This morning my 14-year-old daughter observed, “Where you look is where you see.” She said it in reference to an a-ha moment for her about her literal field of vision. I paused to take a moment of gently feigned awe. We joked because it sounded tautological (she didn’t use...