Articles & Essays

I take 9 online college courses for the New York Times. I finish two….
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The strangest celebrity profile I ever wrote. Includes a scene in which the Clooney asks me to touch his widow’s peak….
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A story about the time NBC and Jack Black made a half-hour comedy about my family’s life. Julie and I had cameos as coffee shop customes. It never aired….
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A scientific investigation of my feelings for Julie Jacobs. Two scientists analyzed my brain with an fMRI machine as I thought about my wife (and compared her to Angelina Jolie)….
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I’ve always wanted to have kids, but I never pictured myself as the father of three sons. I’m not exactly brimming with testosterone. I figured my wife and I would have girls, and we’d spend weekends making papier-mache unicorns. I was wrong. I’m the proud – if overwhelmed and underprepared – father of three boys….
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An essay about luck, compassion and Kevin Bacon’s gardening business….
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My quest to go from manic multitasker to Zen unitasker in one month flat….
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Why pretending is crucial to business success….
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What we can learn from Welch’s grape juice, Langston Hughes and Isaac Newton….
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Keynote speech to the American Society of Journalists and Authors in which I talk about Strategic Chutzpah and the future of publishing.        …
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