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WSJ: Working Grandmas Are Redefining Grandparenthood

My latest Wall Street Journal essay looks at the young working moms of the 1980s and 1990s (I was one of them!) who are now working grandmas.

4 hrs ago •

Grok & Groupthink: Why AI is getting less reliable

My latest in TIME magazine, written with Yale School of Management Prof Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

Jul 16 •

May 2025

The Anti-Press Playbook, in Charts

Let us count the ways the news media is under attack

May 30 •

March 2025

WSJ: Fully Remote, and Hating It

Most people want to work at home at least some of the time. But a small, sad cohort just wants their cubicles back. My latest Wall Street Journal essay.

Mar 28 •

Do You Hate Working from Home?

This may seem like an odd question, but hear me out.

Mar 12 •

February 2025

WSJ: "Can White Men Finally Stop Complaining?"

Why do so many powerful men still suffer from a victimhood complex ?

Feb 28 •

November 2024

CNBC: We're not going back... to the office

Here's why, from this morning on Squawk Box

Nov 14, 2024 •

October 2024

Don't Ask This Question

For some people, these are the four most dreaded words

Oct 4, 2024 •

August 2024

What Did You Learn on Your Summer Vacation?

And now for something completely different… The Wall Street Journal asked five writers to pen brief essays on “What I learned on my summer vacation.”

Aug 3, 2024 •

June 2024

Do warning labels work?

On CNBC, a look at Vivek Murthy's social media labelling proposal... and bonus, a few summer reading recommendations

Jun 18, 2024 •

March 2024

Today in TIME: "No Recession? Thank Women."

The rise in working moms has helped prop up the economy. Now return-to-office mandates are threatening that progress.

Mar 1, 2024 •

March 2022

This is Next!, a newsletter about Change for the better.

Mar 21, 2022 •

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