The poor are hungry in America. Their numbers would fill stadiums throughout this prosperous land. And feral cats are running wild, eating songbirds in our yards,

It was a mistake to take home economics out of the curriculum at so many high schools, says Wally, a retired teacher who has an ongoing interest in education. He taught high school for ...

You can learn a lot, both true and false, in a dingy all-night diner where old men gather at a table in back

Cookies for George, 40 years back from Viet Nam, are the only payment the man will accept to mow your lawn,

You see things at the rest home you don’t expect to see. New veteran in his Korea cap is whipping everyone else in pool. He never has to bend over

Roscoe and two cousins rented a va… and drove to Mississippi for the f… of another cousin they grew up wit… It took six hours to get where three old men didn’t want to go

Two doves on a telephone wire wait tor the blue jays to finish e… bread put out for the birds. When the jays arrived, sparrows fled into the trees

This Monarch butterfly dances from petal to petal red, yellow and orange sits for a while on each and then

Three sisters single in their 40s gather 'round the fire on a night of thunder to figure out which sister

America has had presidents who will be remembered as much for what they said as for what they did. Americans will never forget

Liberal or conservative the questionnaire asks about migrants. Fred’s in the middle. Asked about The Wall

You had to have a Schwinn to lead this pack of boys riding bikes full speed baking under the Chicago sun laughing after senior year

Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts

There are a lot of people like me neither rich nor poor, idling in the middle who have never wante… for anything in our lives. We were reared by parents