A year ago last fall, I was asked by the Hasbro Toy Company to consider being a spokesperson for their line of early childhood toys. Hasbro recently bought Playskol, a well-established and... Read more >>

A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that “obesity appears to spread through social ties,” suggesting that the condition, which afflicts over 30 percent of... Read more >>

This morning my daughter Megan and I were taking the same public bus. I was going to work and she was going to high school. When we got off at the Main Street stop there was a homeless woman... Read more >>