More than 30 years ago the Supreme Court in the United States ruled that if individuals are mentally ill but not criminally insane they cannot be confined to asylums. They must be allow...

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

All lives matter now unless they’re inconvenient. No room in the womb. Donal Mahoney

You love your grandson, this blue bundle in your arms. There’s no doubt about that. He has peaches for cheeks and the sky’s in his eyes

In my all-boys school sixty years ago there were two boys who were different. All four years they walked to classes together, books

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

When Bill goes home to the church of his youth he finds things are different. They don’t sing “Amazing Grace” the way they did when he was

Walter Branham, a retired teacher, and his wife Victoria went to Applebee’s, the chain restaurant, for lunch one day last week. First time they had gone there. Usually they go to an eth...

As autumn turns colder there’s only one moth fluttering at midnight around the porch light. He’s the last of the flock

During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t

His wife takes him to dinner as she always does on his birthday wearing bright red lipstick, a color she detests but he likes.

When Homer stubs his toe or bumps his elbow, the pain is always piercing but Homer’s a pious man so swearing isn’t for him.

A minister’s son married a deacon’s daughter after a long courtship. It was difficult at times doing everything right