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Last week, my 6 year-old son’s homework assignment was to tell a personal story like early Native Americans did -- by drawing primitive symbols on animal skin. Fortunately for neighborhood cats and squirrels, we substituted a torn paper bag for the skin and created our own … [Read more...]
For my sister-in-law Jessica, February 14 is not only Valentine's Day, but also her birthday. This is fortunate for my brother, because it means one less present to get and one less gift-giving date to remember. That sounds horrible I know, but it's not that he's cheap or lazy; … [Read more...]
While the New Year’s ball was dropping in Times Square, the hammer was dropping on food companies across the country who, by order of the FDA, now have to list the trans fat content of their products on nutritional labels. For those of you who don’t get out much, trans fat is … [Read more...]
Few American institutions have changed as little over time as the local bank, that little brick building with the decades-old drive-through windows, Star Trek-era tube-shoot technology and banners shouting "Free Checking!" -- a concept no more revolutionary nowadays than "Free … [Read more...]
Extreme anxiety can be caused by living with a mother who viewed an automobile as an item of entertainment rather than a convenience. The whispering pink giant with a monster front was her 1958 pale pink Cadillac convertible. This behemoth had exceptional importance in her life, … [Read more...]