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Being a man is easy.

Being a man is hard.

6 min readJan 30, 2018

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A letter to my 9-year-old daughter on National Day of the Girl.

Dear Skylar:

6 min readOct 12, 2017

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A letter to my 9-year-old daughter on National Day of the Girl.

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Finding The Beauty in Loss

My journey towards meaning, after a heartbreaking year.

7 min readJul 16, 2019

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Finding The Beauty in Loss

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The Power of No.

Why Is This Tiny Word The One We Use Least?

5 min readApr 13, 2021

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The Power of No.

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Four Grateful Dead Songs That Made Me A Better Dad.

The Grateful Dead have played a huge part of my life for 32 years. From college through kids, their music has been with me, like a…

7 min readDec 10, 2019

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Stripping Down to Basics: Unpacking Calvin Klein’s “Ad Without An Idea.”

About three weeks have passed since the launch of Calvin Klein’s Spring 2024 Campaign. In the event you’ve been cocooned at the St. Regis…

7 min readJan 20, 2024

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Stripping Down to Basics: Unpacking Calvin Klein’s “Ad Without An Idea.”

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The Hollow Promise of Revenge

Revenge — It’s a word that ignites the darkest recesses of our hearts, a relentless whisper that promises satisfaction but delivers…

10 min readDec 20, 2023

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The Hollow Promise of Revenge

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The Existential Truth Crisis That Is AI

This summer, Open AI CEO Sam Altman urged congress to pass laws regulating Open AI.

6 min readAug 17, 2023

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I work a lot. Also, I don’t work much at all.

The title seems contradictory, right? Yet, it does illustrate how two truths can exist at once, based on perception and a both/and…

3 min readJun 23, 2023

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I work a lot. Also, I don’t work much at all.

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Why Rebecca Black’s Friday Is The Best Song Ever Made.

[Writer’s Note: Things I ask AI when I am bored: Write me a persuasive essay for the New Yorker on why Friday by Rebecca Blaxk is the best…

3 min readJun 19, 2023

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Why Rebecca Black’s Friday Is The Best Song Ever Made.

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j barbush

Co-Founder Cast Iron LA agency. Webby Judge. Satirist. Contributor to FastToCreate, AdWeek, HuffPo, Digiday and others. I fight fire with humor. www.castiron.la

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