The New Leaf Journal

I share the story of that one time I briefly proctored a high school exam while I myself was a high school student.

I once wanted to be a basketball coach. Although I have now become a source(TM) for basketball coaches, I never coached. But what if I told you that I was once a coach on a different field?

The case for taking the case to enjoy a walk (solo or with company) without listening to something on your phone or iPod or otherwise removing yourself from the moment.

Human authors should not modify their prose and punctuation choices based on a fear of being falsely accused of using AI. Long live the em dash.

You may have seen the “Little Free Library” boxes. But have you seen Brooklyn Heights’ “Stick Library” for dogs?

The 2026 spring season theme at The New Leaf Journal is spring cleaning. Admittedly not the most creative, but summer 2026 will be big.

An article about the dangers of AI dependency reminded me of how I encouraged a middle schooler to do algebra by hand in my senior year of high school.

Bam Adebayo’s 83 point performance inspired me to look at PPG and P/36 minutes by NBA players who scored at least 60 points in a game in their 60-point game seasons.

A quote from former NBA player Jason Caffey inspires me to compare the offenses of the 2000-01 Milwaukee Bucks and those of the 95-96 through 97-98 champion Chicago Bulls.

Relations between Uganda and Israel were very “strained” in 1976. 2026 X posts from Ugandan Defense Minister Muhoozi Kainerugaba would have been hard to explain 50 years ago…

Marginalia Search may well be the best open source independent search engine on the web. Here, we look at how it can be used to find backlinks to indexed domains.

Reviewing the month that was at NLJ and its sister publications in March 2024.