Q. Please settle an argument with my mom. I drink what she says is too many energy drinks. I think I drink just enough to keep me sharp and they aid my cognition. She says in the hot summer they don’t hydrate me enough. I counter with the argument that, if I were stranded in a desert and only ...
Q. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I think I need help with my online time. It’s only been a week since high school graduation and it hit me that I’m spending most of my days online. I should be happy. I’m all set for college in August, and the incredible effort I made to get ...
It’s hard to believe 22 years have passed since we first became grandparents. And now there are six bright stars in our family constellation. But the day our first grandchild arrived, our lives changed dramatically and permanently. It was the beginning of a journey that shaped our sense of ...
During the 1970s, the word went out: The country needed a Lincoln, not a Ford. That's even truer now. Can the U.S. produce a public figure who combines politically savvy and principled leadership as well as Old Abe did? Probably not. In our history, there's only been one Lincoln. Commenting ...
Q. Is it strange that I’m a lot closer to my grandma than I am to my mom? I know my mom cares about me, but she doesn’t show it the way my gram does. I know how gram feels, not just because she says “I love you” to me every time she sees me or talks with me, but because she makes time ...
In the mid-1980s, I proudly told my wife I had fit into a pair of Levi’s that were a size too small. Proof of my never-ending youth. Without a word, she slid a copy of Newsweek across the kitchen counter. On the cover? A man in Levi’s. The headline? “Levi’s Now Pear-Shaped to Fit the ...
