A Positive View On Falling Fertility

I’ve been angered by the presumption of many that falling fertility represents a collective moral failure of our liberal society and an individual moral…

Dec 6 • 

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November 2025

The Great Charm Of Involuntary Gratitude

I had a moment in time a few weeks ago when gratitude came upon me swiftly and unexpectedly and therefore did so with a power that the intentional…

Nov 27 • 

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I’m Content With My Life In Modern Times

Usually, someone like me, a wealthy resident of the Manhattan/East Hampton bubble, would remain silent about how I find my life full of meaning.

Nov 22 • 

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Justice For The Unjustly Detained

In Jewish ethics, the fluctuation in my “feelings” does not mitigate my obligation to act when I see injustice and have an opportunity to do something…

Nov 15 • 

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They Just Didn’t Listen

Twenty-five years ago, when my younger son Michael was five years old, I started telling him a series of original bedtime stories called “They Just…

Nov 8 • 

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My Inner Authenticity And Capitalism Without Guardrails

I present myself most often as happy and calm. Far more often than I actually am.

Nov 1 • 

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October 2025

Slouching Toward Christian Nationalism

There is a current debate among Christians as to who to love and in what order.

Oct 25 • 

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Hailey Bieber Made Me Feel Bad About Myself

Jet-lagged, tired, and grumpy after my flight home from Europe, I was on the WSJ website and saw a headline about a woman named Hailey Bieber making a…

Oct 18 • 

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You Had Me At A Glance

The beautiful girl, the silver wig, the hot nightclub with its impassable velvet rope, and jealousy.

Oct 11 • 

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Reversion To The Moral Mean

On Error, Atonement, and the "Right Road."

Oct 4 • 

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September 2025

An Exalted Form Of Doomscrolling

About righteous anger the old Biblical prophets were never bested.

Sep 27 • 

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Charlie Kirk, Collective Blame, And The Crucible

“…all the old political and moral reality had melted like a Dali watch.”

Sep 20 • 

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