Years ago Rodney King, after his beating in LA, softly asked America, “People, can we all just get along? Can we stop

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...

If you arrive too early at the public library and stand on the steps with Mabel till the doors open

In 1920, my father, 16, was a guest of the British government. He was a prisoner of their forces occupying Ireland at the time, a group called the Black and Tans. One day he and seven o...

She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he

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

Elmer’s an old stag now shedding antlers snorting among the trees but sometimes Martha after her shower

The old poet has agreed to read his poems in Hanley Hall if a student will push his wheelchair on stage. Agreed. And students must agree not to ask

A woman was seated next to me as we waited for the debate to sta… The candidates were late taking th… She said she shouldn’t have come because she couldn’t vote for eith…

Where did it go? I really don’t know. I lost it weeks ago in the middle of the night. Too tired to get up.

Steven is a retired teacher disturbed by the problems he sees in education. Schools weren’t perfect when he was teaching but they were better than they are today. He has ideas for impro...

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

According to reports certain White House interns past, present and future are asking Americans not to vote for Hillary

After the TV mavens had their say the gnomes crept out of their cave… spoke and returned to their caves. Thunder struck, hell broke loose and the mavens came back on TV