My son is a star. Not because he will call out anyone who shows the slightest smidge of racism or “genderism.” Not because he represented (with passion and conviction) the country of Algeria at the recent Model United Nations in Dubai. And not because his final school project is to argue for the end of gender segregation…

I am SICK and TIRED of the endless lists available on the Internet. Ten Pictures That Prove Australia Is The Scariest Place In The World. Seven Things We Didn’t Know About Princess Charlotte’s Baby Bonnet. Three Things More Important Than Whether You Take Your Kid to McDonalds. Why is everyone using this conceit? Is there a list for the answer?…

I am observing (behind a swollen, infected left eyelid) that life without wine is no piece of cake. In the last 42 days I have “enjoyed” stomach troubles, headaches, sleeplessness — and now I look like Bob Costas at the Sochi Olympics (although the eye thing has nothing to do with anything except desert sand). Regardless, I’m working hard to make the…