Over the course of 2025, I’ve written quite a bit on changes in my life that I really didn’t notice. One of the most dramatic was how I somehow became a “morning lark” late in life after having been a ...

David Murdock, the billionaire businessman who reinvigorated the iconic Dole Food fruit brand, helped rebuild Kannapolis after the collapse of former textile giant Pillowtex, once owned a Hawaiian ...

It’s about a third of the way through December as I write, and it will be about halfway through December when this column ...

Normally, the first thing that I write for the column is the title, which gives me a certain amount of direction about where I’m going. This morning, I have no idea where I’m going, except for this: ...

When I got home from work last night, I was really tired. Yesterday was taxing — lots of little things kept popping up that required attention. It’s not that I really did any more than usual; instead, ...

This column is a strange one, on two accounts. First, I’m writing in the evening, which is highly unusual for me; I’m a “morning writer.” Second, and perhaps more unusual — I don’t yet have a title ...

When y’all read this column, it’ll be a brand spankin’ New Year. Due to deadlines, I’m writing it in 2021. That’s sort of a weird feeling, but it shouldn’t be. It’s not like I don’t write all the ...

Agnes Callard, a philosophy professor from the University of Chicago, published an essay in The New Yorker titled “The Case Against Travel” back in June, and it has been rebutted by several other ...