Kareem Abdul Jabbar on Sherlock’s winning techniques… Getting hooked on Sherlock Holmes: “When I was young, I liked the movies and TV shows, especially Jeremy Brett as Sherlock. But the real love affair began when someone gave me a set of stories my rookie year with the Milwaukee Bucks, for my first road trip. I […]

I like short stories—both writing them and reading them. Some of the most memorable fiction I’ve read has been in the form of short stories. The power of a short story is its brevity, which can sometimes get the point over better than a novel. Take Ernest Hemingway’s six-word masterpiece: For Sale. Baby Shoes. Never […]

I love words. Well, duh. I believe in their power to soothe, to comfort, to heal. I believe in their ability to inspire, to capture the unthinkable, to help us cope with the unimaginable. As a psychologist, words have been my tool. They have allowed me to take the experiences of police officers and military […]