I’m writing to you from the confines of yet another hotel in yet another city on yet another night. I must confess early on that I miss you terribly and I hope that you are well. I know the end of the school year/your impending marriage/the late tax filing/the shaky relationship with your neighbor has you on edge, but I [...]

I’m writing to you from the hallowed ground of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts—a place that never really stops amazing me. The alumni list from the school reads like a Who’s Who of American business and government. The campus feels like something out of Dead Poet’s Society. The students are some of the smartest people I’ve met (I didn’t just [...]

I’ll be on the road for a big part of the next two weeks. If anybody out in InternetLand wants to meet up to discuss the world or people or the story of life, I’ll probably have the time and the ambition. This invitation goes out to old friends and strangers alike. For your convenience, here is my schedule (as [...]

Or so I hope. It’s snowing today. Sure, the stuff isn’t sticking, but its very presence has a way of ruining an otherwise mediocre afternoon. I’ve tried shaking my fist at it. But that doesn’t seem to work any better than crossing my fingers and praying for spring. Small dreams. Keep ‘em simple. 50 degrees. Enough gas in the tank [...]