Some say none. Others say one. Some say three in one and then say one of the three

You have to have regulations in any industry, the hog farmer told the slaughter house CEO visiting his farm that day. Otherwise raising hogs

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

Two people so different can view the poor through different lenses and offer a solution but not the same solution

I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything

It’s not good when two disturbed p… with little in common disagree by… on something important. Tone and content can get raucous and make matters worse because eac…

In the summer of 1956, any Saturday at midnight when the moon was full and the stars were bright, you would see Grandma Groth

They were refugees, too, back in the Forties, settled in Chicago, learned English, some a lot, some a little,

In 1958 Elmer’s was the only high school in his county that had been integrated. Basketball was the big sport. People in the little town filled the gym every Tuesday and Friday. They ro...

When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney

If I owned a magazine I’d publish folks who agree with me as long as they remained abstract,

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

The speaker is Phil Burns, owner of the brokerage firm that Owen Mitchell has had money invested with for years. Owen’s not rich and not poor. He just prefers the action of the stock ma...

He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him

Far away and long ago stuff happened in Gramps’ life that he’d like to forget but he can’t, even though he can’t always remember what he had for breakfast, lunch or dinner. But anything...