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Only the Good Die Young, But Billy Joel Lives Forever on Long Island

By law, at least by Long Island law, you’re required to love Billy Joel. It’s like bagels on Sundays or complaining about LIE traffic. It’s part of the culture. But for me, Billy wasn’t some punchline or nostalgic default. I’ve loved Billy Joel sinc...

Keeping Up Appearances… in Oceanside

If you’ve ever watched British television, you might remember a gem called Keeping Up Appearances, a classic BBC sitcom that ran from 1990 to 1995. The star of the show is Hyacinth Bucket—pronounced “Bouquet,” of course—an upper-class wannabe with d...

Redemption at Shea (or Citi): Darryl, Doc, and What Really Matters

I grew up a Mets fan in the 1980s. I was the kid who stayed up late with the static-filled AM radio...

I Was Never Going to Be That Guy

When I was getting ready for law school, I watched The Firm. Tom Cruise, fresh-faced and full of pr...

Fanatics Fest delivered

It had been a long time since I stepped foot inside the Javits Center—last time was July 1997, sw...

The Mission Becomes Possible

I hated the Mission: Impossible TV show. Let me just get that out of the way. It was a fixture on S...

I didn’t fit within their paradigm

When I was at American University Washington College of Law, the dean at the time was a man named C...

Harry Carson

My son, Jason, loves card shows. He loves meeting athletes, collecting autographs, and everything t...

A law school in Free Fall: My “love letter” to WCL

So here’s a fun little story: In 1997, I graduated from American University Washington College of...

A law school in Free Fall: My “love letter” to WCL

So here’s a fun little story: In 1997, I graduated from American University Washington College of...