When a Good Family Runs Like a Good Government
The constitutional approach to parenting is as fraught as revolution and there's more crying involved. Tony, my 6-year-old, is minding his business, paging...
The Chubby Kid in the Bullshit Car
As a son, I spent unhappy hours in a Corvette. As a dad, I've learned to love them. My dad grew up in...
The Specific Pain of Not Being Invited to a Kid’s Birthday Party
Refresh. Refresh. I checked the inbox again. No invitation had come. My son was not invited. I had been told and fully believed that graduation...
What I Tell My Children About My Truly Awful Tattoos
When 'I was drunk and in college' isn't the right response. When I was eighteen, I had an apartment in Florence,...
Talking Greek Food, ‘The Odyssey’, and Dads with Daniel Mendelsohn
The idea is to go home, but that's not always possible. The other day I had lunch with Daniel Mendelsohn, the most famous...