If the goal of business is to make a profit and it is—and if the goal of government is to take care of people
On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be
Dad, happy to see you’re taking a nap. I’m down at the pier so give me a shout when you wake up
Spring will eventually arrive, Tom tells his youngest daughter looking out the window at the snow… Take heart, he tells her, and listen for the blue jays when
In the summer of 1956, any Saturday at midnight when the moon was full and the stars were bright, you would see Grandma Groth
He should have married someone, James tells himself at 80 coughing in bed with the flu. He remembers very well that Miranda was a nice girl.
Been in trouble all my life childhood through old age. I took the alleys
It’s almost time for the Academy… Theaters are showing their best mo… and someone I know wants to go. I used to pay 15 cents to see Roy… in black and white cowboy up on Tr…
A drunk on the subway tells another drunk something a bartender told him. He says if the rich guy wins, it will be the first time
The doctor tells Phil and his wif… he’s in pretty good health for a m… his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain
The soup kitchen opens an hour late. The rain finally stops and the hungry file in. They’ve had a long wait.
We have one of those medical plans… my wife and I. The co-pays let us see a doctor, have a procedure, pay for medications. Can’t remembe… ever paying full price. Especially
When Fred was a boy, he heard his… talk about Grandpa going to town d… to sell the bounty of his harvest. On his farm he had eggs, butter an… vegetables and meat. He’d buy suga…
Carnage rolls across the sand amid the silence of imams Women raped,
On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a