“Without heroes,” wrote the great 20th Century American Jewish author Bernard Malamud, “we are all plain people, and don’t know how far we can go.” As the father of a nine-month-old, it is my sincerest hope that my daughter always pushes the envelope when she grows up, so she can learn for herself that anything [...]

This might be the 40th anniversary of man’s first lunar landing but, if the truth be told, it was a beagle who beat Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to the moon’s surface some four months earlier. Huh? A worldwide audience of some 500 million television viewers may have watched Neil take one giant leap for [...]

Like “Dr. Archibald ‘Moonlight’ Graham,” the character Burt Lancaster memorably played in Field of Dreams, I have always wanted to get a turn at bat in the major leagues. Even when I was playing Little League baseball, I dreamed about being called up to The Show. “To stare down a big league pitcher, to stare [...]

Ernie Banks once told the New York Times, “Spring training means flowers, people, coming outdoors, sunshine, optimism, and baseball. Spring training is a time to think about being young again.” I would submit that, with a six-month old in the house, it’s impossible not to be happy and hopeful, especially during this time of year. [...]

People who have built their families through adoption, like my wife and I, know how important it is to use the right words, especially when you’re attempting to use positive adoptive language. Birthparents make an adoption plan or choose adoption. They don’t abandon, surrender, or release the child. Words can mean different things to different [...]