opinion

  • Unpacking an Adage

    People always say you learn more from your failures than your successes. But they never say why, which I always found vaguely disappointing. It just supposed to “feel” truthful, right, for some reason we can’t quite pin down. But here’s… Continue reading

    Unpacking an Adage
  • A Veteran Israeli Soldier’s Take on Syria, as Told Over Cigarettes

    On Thursday night my family had dinner at my Israeli cousin’s house. She’s a young mother, with three adorable children (aged 2 months to about 5 years) and a fascinating, iconoclastic husband. This man is full of opinions, and when he, my… Continue reading

    A Veteran Israeli Soldier’s Take on Syria, as Told Over Cigarettes