In 2009-10 we lived in the Netherlands. The Dutch do lots of things better than we do, including bike paths,…
Jeff MunroeJune 22, 2020
I have been transfixed over the past several weeks by The Last Dance, ESPN’s ten-part documentary ostensibly about the 1997-98…
Jeff MunroeMay 25, 2020
Our recent unprecedented misuse of the word “unprecedented” finally got to me. I am both a word geek and history…
Jeff MunroeApril 27, 2020
In the moments I’m not self-righteously clucking “tsk, tsk,” at the toilet-paper-hoarding masses, I’m doing mental math estimating how long…
Jeff MunroeMarch 30, 2020
Perhaps you’ve heard the story about the woman who received a text message that said, “I am here for you.”…
Jeff MunroeMarch 12, 2020
The last time I got into a fight fight, a physical fight with hitting and punching, was almost fifty years…
Jeff MunroeMarch 2, 2020
A few years ago I happened to be walking out of a jet bridge alongside the actor Michael Keaton. He…
Jeff MunroeFebruary 3, 2020
The stories of the wittiest are probably false. Oscar Wilde allegedly said, “Either this wallpaper goes or I do,” but…
Jeff MunroeJanuary 6, 2020
One day when my daughter was about three, I came home, sat on the couch, opened the afternoon newspaper, and…
Jeff MunroeDecember 9, 2019
