When Kim Kardashian re-tweeted me over the weekend, urging the President to re-instate the Assault Weapons Ban, my Twitter feed exploded! I gained thousands and thousands of new followers, but more importantly, I engaged in a vital discussion with her followers and mine. I watched how one simple tweet, just 140 characters, sent out to […]
My deepest prayers go out to the victims and their families and all the people whose hearts were broken in Newtown. As a father of two beautiful girls, I cannot begin to understand the loss that so many feel in that small, Connecticut town. It is beyond rational comprehension. I will continue to pray for […]
I remember the moment my dear friend Petra Nemcova became famous – it was from the emotional photo that went viral of her clinging to a tree after watching her boyfriend get swept away by the tsunami in Thailand back in 2004. After that, things were never the same for Petra. I remember her coming […]
I don’t profess to be an expert historian and in my yoga practice we are taught not to dwell too much in the past. In fact, yogis would say that the Judeo-Christian faith relies a lot on the idea of atonement to resolve current conflicts, while eastern philosophy recognizes that the past is infinite, marred […]
Dear President Obama, As you know, everything I live for speaks to a post-racial America. I am an integrationist in my business practice, my charitable work and my personal life. I want the same for everyone, all the time, and I believe in freedom and justice for all people. I cannot go to sleep at […]
To my Conservative friends, yes, including my longtime friend Donald Trump, I have a prayer. The idea that we can learn from our mistakes in the past and not repeat them. I was proud to be one of the most vocal protesters of the Iraq War. My liberal friend, Bobby Shriver, said maybe I shouldn’t […]
This is no time for triumphalism, because we are still in an economic crisis and we still have deep social divisions that must be dealt with. But we have to absorb, as a country, as a NATION, that first and foremost, AMERICA IS CHANGING – something I have been preaching for my entire life. We […]
With an inclusive coalition that included representation from every part of America, with great enthusiasm we have re-elected Barack Obama as the President of the United States! We have incredible momentum to build upon the remarkable accomplishments of his first term, and I very much look forward to working with his administration to further advance the goal of creating an […]
Damn! I hardly have time to design clothes, work in financial service, work for the President, help animals or really do shit else, because I’m constantly writing about stuff I see, that I feel I need to give my two cents on! Most recently, I’ve seen people shitting on my friend of almost 15 years, […]
When the hurricane hit New York City, my first thought was about the homeless, the most vulnerable population of the city. More than 50,000 people, including 20,000 children, experience homelessness in the city every night. The city has not seen this many homeless children since the Great Depression and the increase in the homeless population, […]
The video that came out last week of Lil Reese beating up a young woman had me sick to my stomach. We know that physical abuse of women is rampant in our community, but the video really bothered me. Not just because the attacker was so young, but because it reminded me of the failed […]
I have been in the fashion industry for twenty years. I come from the generation of Naomi, Cindy, Christy, Veronica, Kara, Linda and so many more…not about name-dropping, I know ’em all. It’s fair to say that I’ve also seen it all. I recently heard a story from one of the biggest models in the […]