Perhaps you are under the impression that summer is fun and carefree, especially for kids.
Having been a dog owner my whole life, I have decided they are not only as smart as many people – including most of those who run for president – I think we can also learn a lot by observing how they live their lives.
I had the following conversation with my son Henry, the teenager, in the car the other day.
Long before the recent United Airlines incident in which a man was bloodied and dragged off a plane for refusing to give up his seat, I thought air travel was the most dismal form of transportation known to man; with the possible exception of camel.
A new study by the American Psychological Association says that constantly checking your e-mail, Facebook and Twitter accounts can be hazardous to your mental health.
I were asked to say something nice about the month of March at its funeral, I’d have to decline. What’s there to say?
A news story I just read reports that young people are starting to have their tattoos removed and their piercings spackled over (or however it is that doctors fix such things).
At this time of year, I often hear people say, “I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions because I never know what resolutions to make.”
A female friend of mine recently asked me, “Do you know what season it is?”
My wife and I are standing in the sweltering, mid-morning heat on the sidewalk near Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee – three long states from home – saying goodbye to our son Sam, our oldest.
