Rereading a Thirty-Five-Year-Old Letter

Rereading a Thirty-Five-Year-Old Letter

I’ve never been very good at keeping journals. I’d always start well, but then I wouldn’t keep it up, and I would leave blank pages to fill in later, and sometimes I would, and sometimes I wouldn’t and … let’s just say that I’ve noted some pages in the third journal...
Around the World in 1984

Around the World in 1984

Thirty-five years ago today, I embarked a trip around the world. My parents had given me the plane ticket as a present after my college graduation, and I had saved money for expenses out of prize money awarded to my senior thesis on Finnegans Wake and from six months...
Grading Andrew Ross Sorkin

Grading Andrew Ross Sorkin

Author: Andrew Ross Sorkin (@andrewrsorkin) Article: “N.Y.U. Crisis in Abu Dhabi Stretches to Wall Street,” May 26, 2014 10:14 pm Grade: C College professors teach their students that written arguments must be based on cited evidence. Depending on the...
Not Just Another Commencement

Not Just Another Commencement

Deb and I have written a reflection on Sunday’s inaugural NYUAD Commencement. It’ll be published in the “Opinion” section of tomorrow’s National, but the online version is already available here. Also available is the full video of the...
Ma’asalama Class of 2014

Ma’asalama Class of 2014

I had the honor of serving in the “color guard” during the inaugural NYU Abu Dhabi commencement today, which meant that I got to carry the NYU NY flag at the head of the procession of graduating seniors as they entered the hall. (The other flags...