Share the Joy. I mostly travel to NYC by train. I have two choices- multiple options all day and into the night on Metro North’s Hudson River Line to the magnificence of Grand Central Station. Or NJ Transit’s Port Jervis Line with decent options during rush hour,...
A Full and Glorious Circle. He tried to avoid taking my class, but when his friends registered he did too. Andrey Pavlov figured it would be worse to take his capstone course alone than to suffer through me. That was nearly 16 years ago, and was...
For many of us a new year ushers in self-reflection and promises for change. This is good - identifying things about ourselves or situations that we want to enhance. Often though, resolutions don’t work; they are either made under the duress of champagne, a food coma,...
Share the Joy. I mostly travel to NYC by train. I have two choices- multiple options all day and into the night on Metro North’s Hudson River Line to the magnificence of Grand Central Station. Or NJ Transit’s Port Jervis Line with decent options during rush hour,...
September at Jersey Shore is special: small crowds, warm ocean, and parking. This year, unusually balmy air and water temperatures were offset with a rough surf and fierce riptides. All beaches posted dangerous swimming conditions. Within minutes of my arrival at the beach a few weeks...
The education system is out of sync with our phase of evolution as a society. Evolutionary psychologists remind us that in the beginning we were hunters and gatherers- constantly looking around for nuts and berries, scouting protein and being vigilant about threats. Our bodies were always...
Fact can be more exhilarating, frustrating, surprising and exasperating than fiction. This is the essence of Rothberg’s Rants. These are observations of everyday events and changes in society that astound me. They are not critiques as much as commentary and musing about how...