My journey as a history teacher (1976-98) led me to spend as much time on […]
Category: Top 40 – A “Best Of” List
Malcolm GauldAll-Time Hyde/NYC Hoops Team
There’s an interesting piece in the on-line version of the NY Times where noted NYC […]
Coach (Sweet Tommy) Bragg ’83
I first met Tom Bragg in the summer of 1980. He was a tall and gangly […]
Deacon Katie Solter ’90
My 35 years of teaching have taught (and repeatedly retaught!) me a few basic lessons […]
Hyde: Good News, Bad News
Years ago around this time of the year, I was talking with a parent and comparing […]
“Killer and Thief of Human Promise….”
Now that marijuana possession is undergoing a status change that has evolved from from felony to prescription […]
True Prep = Hyde
Remember The Preppy Handbook from the early 80s? Author Lisa Birnbach poked good-natured fun at all things […]
Mike Dawes
Although I’ve let my Rolling Stone subscription lapse — My take: I tried to stay […]
Options-Limiting Behavior
I recently conducted some admissions interviews in Washington DC. In one session, when I asked […]
Cultural Bias #80: 12 Perfect Albums
Driving home one night, Donald Fagen’s “Ruby Baby” filling my car via XM Radio, I […]