Towels, Sunblock, and, Oh Yeah, Checkbook

by | Dec 22, 2009 | Newspaper Articles

written for The New York Times AS soon as beach season started, I set out on an odyssey to test the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling that municipal beaches must be open to the public, not just to residents. In the family van, my two daughters and I sought out beaches...

Bring Back Recess

by | Dec 22, 2009 | Newspaper Articles

written for The Washington Post On October 25, 2002, schoolchildren in the Washington area emerged gleefully from locked classrooms and ran out to the playground. “Recess is back,” proclaimed The Washington Post. But had the snipers who shut down ordinary life for...