When I first wrote this column in 2005, I ran a feature where I shared wonderful teen activities. It was a vehicle for me to show our community a side of teens they may be missing. It鈥檚 been a while since I did so, but this week I feel our current teens have earned the affirmation. This ...
I was scrolling the other day and came across a man named Robert Arnold on TikTok. He was talking about crayons. His verbal essay stopped me cold. He was describing a 128-count box of Crayola crayons. As a kid, that wasn鈥檛 just a box. That was success, and the fancy names of the colors were ...
Last week鈥檚 column received several responses. Here are a few. Q. Your column last week made me think. My mom and dad split up when I was 10 and mom was alone for a while. Then she met and married my stepdad. I pushed back at her 鈥� and him 鈥� at first. I think I was just a scared ...
Lincoln scholar Matthew Pinsker recently told the Guardian newspaper that the 16th president was, "arguably," the "greatest democratic politician in the history of the world," and "all of us would appreciate having a few more Lincolns in politics today." Amen to that, brother Pinsker, who ...
Donald Trump says such weird, sometimes hurtful, things, that he makes it easy to pile on. At his invitation, practically speaking, let's take two examples from just the past week or so. Example one: the death of Robert Mueller. A week ago Friday, Mueller died. He was 81. The director of the ...
Q. I鈥檓 anxious about prom. This happens every year at this time. I鈥檓 a shy person. I do well enough in school. My grades are okay. My teachers don鈥檛 seem to mind if I鈥檓 quiet and keep to myself as long as I do my work. But socially, I鈥檓 not exactly popular. I have a few friends but ...
