10 Dec My top 5 NYT columns
Someone asked me recently which of my NYT columns have been the most popular. Got me thinking. Here's my non-scientific answer. 1. 'You Look Great' and Other Lies: What Not to Say to Someone Who's Sick 2. The Father is...
19 Jun Daddy-bashing is Suddenly Cool! What Should Dads Do?
Daddy-bashing is suddenly cool. The cover story of the latest Atlantic proclaims "The End of Men: How Women Are Taking Control -- of Everything," while inside the magazine Pamela Paul poses the emasculating question, "Are Fathers Necessary?" Her answer, after sifting through the research: probably...
03 May Paging Dr. Gupta! See Sanjay’s Special on THE COUNCIL OF DADS
Here is Dr. Sanjay Gupta's extraordinarily moving special about me, my cancer, and THE COUNCIL OF DADS. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll not believe what was in my leg or that I'm riding a bike again. CNN Presents: DADS FOR MY DAUGHTERS....
03 Apr Yay Daddy!!
The ongoing miracles of a rebuilt leg. Today I completed my first HOPSCOTCH in two years! Here was my reward from my daughters. ...
01 Apr Am I Really a Modern-Day “Danny Ocean?”
The first review of THE COUNCIL OF DADS thinks so. (And I think they mean it as a compliment.) From Hemispheres. BRUCE FEILER—whose books have recounted his adventures teaching in Japan, joining the circus and, in the best-selling Walking the Bible, retracing...
12 Mar When Daddy Is Gone
I just read a beautiful essay by Kevin Helliker about the cost of losing a parent on young children. Interesting stat: Four percent of children lose a parent before age 15, usually a dad. I was surprised that figure was so low....
12 Feb Do you need a Council of Dads or Council of Moms?
Roy Bahat wonders, then doubts, then seems to inch up to the line. Michael Lazerow doesn't exactly say yes, but he's so enthusiastic maybe he's persuadable....
26 Jan The First Review: “The Single Most Inspiring Book I’ve Ever Read”
Few things take my breath away completely, unexpectedly. This did. A few weeks ago I participated in a ceremony to ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ. It seems that someone's stock truly went up that day! Today, one of the people I met that...
13 Jul My Cancer Diary, Volume VII
Dear Friends and Family, The morning sun is shimmering off Snug Harbor this week and the skies over Cape Cod are as bountiful as the blueberries our girls picked this morning. The clear days and fresh fields are a welcome relief from a long spell...
14 Apr My Cancer Diary, Volume VI
Dear Friends and Family, The cheery clarion of sun wakes us up most mornings these days and lingers well past dinnertime, though chilly showers still puddle the ground and keep our coats and mittens close by. But the pear tree across the street has just...
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