I was honored to participate in the Parade of Ships 2015, the kickoff event for Fleet Week.

Fleet Week is an annual event by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the city of New York for community outreach and as a way to celebrate the sea services.

But let me first give …

The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton, is a book that modern readers will perhaps find hard to appreciate. Not so much from the writing itself — Wharton is one of the masters of literary craft and this book won her the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1921. Rather, modern readers, raised in an age …

Traditionally, the end of the year is a time for reflection about what you’ve accomplished during the past year and a chance to set goals for the coming year. I don’t often post end-of-year reviews, but since today, December 31, 2009, marks the end of not only the year 2009, but also the end of the …