A student wrote to thank me yesterday

I know. Big whup. But as I read her message, I started to tear up. Maybe I’m losing it in my dotage, but she was able to quote lessons from a class I taught a year ago and I don’t remember the last time I felt so good about something I did professionally. I mean, …

RIP Jack Schwarzkopf

Years ago — I don’t remember the date — an older gentleman wrote me a letter. This was while I was still working full-time at the Courant, and he was responding to some things I was writing about marriage equality. The man was in his 80s, he let me know, and he frankly couldn’t see …