The outside of my children's Brooklyn elementary school is anything but welcoming. Surrounded by scaffolding, it looks much as it did the day my daughter entered its doors for the first time four years ago. I could go on about the tens of millions of dollars the city has spent...

A week ago, I found myself surrounded by a room full of strangers listening to confident young man expound on the dos and don'ts of resume writing and acing a job interview. Ok, so "found myself" isn't exactly accurate. In truth, I was required to be there by the Department...

Adoption has been a hot topic lately, what with Madonna's application to adopt another child from Malawi denied, and the father of young "Slumdog Millionaire" star Rubina Ali's alleged attempt to sell her for $250,000. Not to mention endless speculations about where in the world Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt...

To Whom It May Concern:

Your client, Miley Cyrus, is big. So big that I'd be willing to wager that the vast majority of 6-18 year olds in the United States know her name if not her face, and to many of them she's the ultimate celebrity, the epitome of...