What Challengers gets right about modern marriage

April 26, 2024

Before I started law school, I was one of two film reviewers for what is now the Philadelphia Weekly. My wife’s and my first date[1]

Harry Styles for Prime Minister

October 25, 2022

Having recently returned from an extended vacation in Europe, I intended to turn sixty last Sunday staying local and having dinner with friends.   However, the

The Cat Lawyer has been Milkshake Ducked

February 14, 2021

This cultural tendency to search for everyone’s feet of clay is well captured by the 2016 Milkshake Duck meme. The meme is a reference to

If you like it, put a ring on it

February 14, 2018

Within popular culture, the viewpoint on marriage is that it’s something women intensely desire and something men have to be dragged into reluctantly. In this

The smartest client I ever had

April 7, 2017

I went to a top tier liberal arts college to obtain my undergraduate degree. Many of my classes there involved reading and discussion on the

The more things change…. (ode to the Fish House Punch)

October 5, 2016

1732 Philadelphia: A gentlemen’s boating club on the Schuylkill River is planning its annual Christmas party. For the first time in its history ladies will

WTF is irreconcilable differences?

September 22, 2016

A friend and colleague of mine suggested I blog about Angelina Jolie’s recent filing for divorce from Brad Pitt on the ground of “irreconcilable differences,”

Are Sully’s views of masculine emotional intimacy outdated?

September 13, 2016

Clint Eastwood’s just-released Sully clearly admires its titular character, Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, played by Tom Hanks. It presents Sully as an icon of competence, integrity,

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