Wonder Woman they call Sylvia, who excels at raising money to put child abusers in prison. The money she raises allows attorneys to prosecute

Seeing is believing smart people often tell me but no one ever told me believing is seeing

It’s Ramadan and late one evening I walk by a mosque and hear little girls laughing on the sidewalk,

On holidays I hear from Paul, who’s 80 if a day, who may have won his war on poverty without help from his friends. He won’t accept a cent.

If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused

Fred prefers a mouse connected by a wire to his keyboard. Walt prefers a mouse that’s portable, able

Departures from the norm we are. Not just you and me but

My parents were far from preachy. They went to church separately and I went to the children’s service

Officer Burks brings Max the Bloodhound into the alley and Max immediately strains at his leash.

America has two kinds of migrants, those with money and those with hope, a farmer’s wife told me the day I stopped to buy some eggs.

It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant “Patsy Foley’s roly-poly from eating too much ravioli.” At first, no one could remember w...

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

After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…