Traces of handwriting appeared on the wall, and not for the first time, December 12, 2019. The New York Racing Association (NYRA) announced, with a self-serving press release—is there another kind? —that commencing with the coming calendar year, all training and... Read More →

  When a young person joins a religious order, his or her parents often have a sense of loss: they feel that they are having to give up their child; this child has declined to carry on their line; in a sense, this child has left their family. I’m pretty sure my parents felt... Read More →