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Jun 19

How the Backyard Basketball Court My Dad Built Changed My Memory of Him

My father used to take me fishing when I was a kid. But before we could leave the house, he’d have to check the milk carton and orange…

How the Backyard Basketball Court My Dad Built Changed My Memory of Him

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May 10

What My Mother’s Alzheimer’s Revealed About a Generation of Women

“You have Alzheimer’s disease.”

What My Mother’s Alzheimer’s Revealed About a Generation of Women

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May 10

Bill Maher Is Wrong About the Overton Window

In his May 1 “New Rules” segment on “Real Time,” Bill Maher mocked the phrase “Overton window,” joking that it sounded like the kind of…

Bill Maher Is Wrong About the Overton Window

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May 3

A Belated Poem to My Wife on Her 66th Birthday

Woops, I let my old mind wonder. Woops, it headed way out yonder. Woops, this is a bitch to ponder. I forgot to write your birthday poem!

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Apr 7

A Poem for My Wife on Our 35th Wedding Anniversary

How little you’ve changed Since the day we first met Still calling my bluff Playing hard to get

A Poem for My Wife on Our 35th Wedding Anniversary

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Feb 14

Remember the Time…?

A Poem for My Wife for Valentine’s Day, 2026

Remember the Time…?

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Feb 11

Kudos to a Retiring Columnist

When star athletes who’ve drawn countless fans over decades of excellence decide to call it quits, their teams retire their numbers…

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Dec 25, 2025

Decisions, Decisions! How I Made the Biggest Ones in My Life.

An article on the science of decision-making recently caught my eye. In an essay in The New York Times, Steven Johnson wrote that when…

Decisions, Decisions! How I Made the Biggest Ones in My Life.

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Dec 16, 2025

I Used ChatGPT for the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.

Let’s See What Happens.

I Used ChatGPT for the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.

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Nov 25, 2025

A Belated Poem to My Wife on Her 66th Birthday

Author’s note: I have written my wife three poems a year since we were married in 1991: one for her birthday, one for Valentine’s Day and…

A Belated Poem to My Wife on Her 66th Birthday

Martin D. Hirsch

Martin D. Hirsch

Lapsed singer-songwriter, 35-year accidental company man, citizen of The Woodstock Nation, avid essayist, occasional poet, aspiring author, dogged evolutionary.

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