Bad Seed?
"What do I do if I can't stand my kid?" This question was posed to me by the father of a teenage boy recently. His son is all "punked-out", as this dad put it. He [...]
Hired Help
Frank is a cabbie. His large frame fits awkwardly in the well-worn driver's seat of the old Caprice. My guess is they've both seen better days. Frank tells me he's forty-five. Yet he seems more [...]
Viva la Southern Wisconsin
As the first verses of "Lovers in Japan" give way to the chorus, Coldplay launches thousands of colorful paper butterflies into the audience. And I mean thousands, tens, maybe hundreds of thousands. And the butterfly [...]
Busy Streets
I travel with my family, a lot. Travel, or adventure, really, has become a priority to us. Cash flow can slow to a drip. The car rusts, pings, gently begging fiscal attention. Our home awaits [...]
Available America
I have just crossed the Mississippi, heading west into Iowa this third of July. Night is gently falling here, and it is gorgeous, the setting sun, the seemingly endless rolling fields. This is America, the [...]
A Fresh Take on Bullying
The Columbine massacre took place ten years ago this week. In the wake of that tragedy, many in my field went to work trying to determine the root causes. Gun control was an issue. Where [...]
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