The other day, I got a message on Facebook from myself. Well, at least that’s what it looked like. I had gone 30 years thinking I had a completely strange name that only my hippie parents could come up with. I suffered through all the mispronunciations and misspellings and mocking from kids who thought my [...]

The other day, I got a message on Facebook from myself.  Well, at least that’s what it looked like.  I had gone 30 years thinking I had a completely strange name that only my hippie parents could come up with.  I suffered through all the mispronunciations and misspellings and mocking from kids who thought my [...]

If there was a Tamara’s Greatest Hits album, this story would be on it.  Luckily for all of you no such album exists.  Learning to Make Latkes is a funny little story – and more like a personal essay than anything I’ve done since my teenage years as an essayist for Weekend Edition Sunday.  Here’s [...]

If there was a Tamara’s Greatest Hits album, this story would be on it.  Luckily for all of you no such album exists.  Learning to Make Latkes is a funny little story – and more like a personal essay than anything I’ve done since my teenage years as an essayist for Weekend Edition Sunday.  Here’s [...]

Any day now, the state’s water supply from the Sacramento San Joaquin Delta could be cut drastically. This time of year the powerful pumps in the delta should be sending millions of gallons of water to cities and farms to the south and the west. But a recent ruling from a federal judge to protect [...]