According to wordcounter.net, there are 38 words in the tweet posted by the Lehigh Valley Tea Party in response to my Aug. 12th Medium.com article...
Fact-checking my MAGA assailants’ dishonest tweet
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A Tribute to Junk Food
Sep 27, 2016 | Autobiographical, Health & Wellness (Physical)
Published: Sweet Tooth Nothings (September 25, 2016), The Good Men Project (September 27, 2016) Yes, you read that correctly. This is a sincere tribute to junk food, as written for the blog of a certifiable health nut (looking at you, Ariel). I offer this without...
Why I Write
Jul 21, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (July 21, 2016) I feel like answering a question I’m often asked about one type of article I like to write… in no small part because I am myself curious about the answer. It’s been more than three years since I first started writing...
Chief & I
Jul 19, 2016 | Animals and Animal Rights, Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (July 19, 2016) The following article was first written on my personal blog more than six years ago. Upon rediscovering it, I knew I had to publish it here. If there was ever a moment when I wished I had a camera, it was last Friday,...
The Ableism of Non-Autistics
Jul 12, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (July 12, 2016) Wouldn’t it be great if everyone had a handicapped parking space? Obviously this can’t happen – the whole point of handicapped spaces is that they provide the physically disabled with closer proximity to buildings than...
How someone with autism views all your ridiculous dating habits
Jun 8, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, Love and Dating
Published: Fusion (June 7, 2016) As someone with autism, I’ve often wondered if there’s anything I can do to make neurotypicals, the name for you folks in the non-autistic community, less unpredictable to myself. I pose this question not as an attack or criticism....
Laptop Love Letter
Apr 21, 2016 | Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (April 21, 2016) When I was a child, I had a stuffed bear named (appropriately) Mr. Bear. He went wherever I did, and whenever he was damaged or lost, I'd feel devastated. It is normal for children to anthropomorphize inanimate objects...
Why I Write About Asperger’s Syndrome
Mar 24, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (March 24, 2016) When my first article was picked up by Mic in February 2012, I thought that my dream of becoming a political columnist had finally started to come true. I wasn’t wrong, but I never anticipated one turn that my career...
Being a PhD Student with Asperger’s Syndrome
Mar 12, 2016 | Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical
Published: The Good Men Project (March 12, 2016) Without question, pursuing a PhD in history was one of the best decisions of my life. Not only has it opened doors in my writing career - which, professionally speaking, is my one true love - but it has allowed me to...
What it actually feels like to be targeted by Donald Trump’s neo-Nazi fan club
Mar 10, 2016 | Autobiographical, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: Quartz (March 10, 2016) With 458 delegates under his belt so far (and counting), Donald Trump is now more than one-third of the way toward receiving the Republican presidential nomination. Although millions of Americans both inside and out of the Grand Old...