Dad hit me only once, an uppercut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height, 5’8,” a fireplug who...

Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,

The media is brimming with reports about the legacy of Barack Obama. He’s accomplished so much it’s tough for experts to name his signature achievement.

It was the first time that senators had been asked to go home and address parent-teacher meetings at all the middle schools in their states. Each had been given a sheet of talking point...

Every day the same play. The moment I rise, the first act begins, the same plot

The question isn’t why your little world is suddenly going to hell. The question is what can you do about

Born at the foot of the mountain what will you do? You have time to decide but some die young.

He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,

Jim met an old friend from college days long after both retired. They were classmates on the beautiful campus,

Jim Daley and Joe McCarthy had something in common. They died at 80 going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Walt O’Brien, their protege, found this out when he called the home...

The uncommon is common in America today. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, Seinfeld

I have an old friend who was told some time ago he had six months to live. We live far apart now and he told me about this in an email shortly after the doctor told him. The six months ...

Thunder and lightning at first, as I understand it, and then the moon will split in half and disappear and the stars will go dark