Where I live the press says teen use of heroin is epidemic. I thought an epidemic was a widespread disease afflicting thousands caught in

Cardinals bicker and knock seed from the feeder. Doves parade below. Donal Mahoney

On Saturday mornings several bowed citizens gather on the sidewalk outside the clinic to read the Bible and pray.

On a clear day in the day room he will tell anyone he has had an askew life. When he was a small boy out for a Sunday walk

Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps

A spindly young fawn wanders away from its doe. Coyotes must eat. Donal Mahoney

An old guy on the subway with a lunch bucket tells a young lady with a brief case Bernie hasn’t got a chance.

We’re upset when vandals desecrate a cemetery and disrespect the dead not so much when doctors vandalize the womb

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.

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Grandma Gretchen’s in her rocker and she has something to say. She tells a visitor, a young man from the city, if he plans to write a book about life on a farm in the Fifties, he likely...

Maury’s wife frets about growing old withering up and sagging so it’s up to Maury

Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues