The small, white-haired woman leading the discussion hesitated. She coughed and bit her lip but managed to read the information on the paper clutched in her shaking hand. She ...

Few debates can rage louder and longer than those among music fans regarding the merits of their favorite artists or songs . Anyone who has ever witnessed people arguing over who ...

America has an obsession with Walmart. At Walmart, your dollar has 10-15% more value than at the local neighborhood discount chains and corporate supermarkets. Walmart has this ...

I saw Mars last night, a tiny spark of crimson in an expanse of frosty black. It's tough to miss. First red planet to the right. I saw the moon too, half-crecented ...

"I can definitely see you as a priest," my friend told me."Thanks," I said. This was a helpful insight, since I'd like to be a priest. "But the thing ...

"It's a boy," my brother-in-law said with great shock as he stood before a roomful of nail-biting family members and friends. The stunned pandemonium that followed shook the desk ...

At Thurman's , in Columbus (Ohio), the meat in the burger is so succulent it almost melts in your mouth. It's the best (and the biggest) burger I've ever eaten. It's been four years ...

"I don't want to be original. I want to be cool." That's how sweet-but-awkward thirteen-year-old Jenna Rink feels about life. She's frustrated being young and wishes she were like the women in ...

If you've ever had a relationship you wish you could forget, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind may give you a different perspective. When introvert Joel Barish (Jim Carrey) meets extrovert ...

I'm still surprised by the cell phone invasion into United States culture—the same way I am surprised by pickled pork rinds or couples making out in public ...

Give, and you will receive. You will be given much... The way that you give to others is the way that God will give to you. -Luke 6:38 I remember walking ...

Opening day awaits As the River City Rascals' home opener approaches, radio baseball announcer Phil Giubileo's to-do list grows longer. As the broadcast voice for this Frontier League single "A" team located 35 miles west of ...

I ate meat this past Friday. I didn't mean to; it just happened. Abstinence malfunctionI was at lunch with a friend at Evergreen, one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in ...

How much of what we do on St. Patrick's Day is actually associated with the man St. Patrick? Turns out very little, actually. Green beer? Leprechauns? Pinching? "Paddy" would ...

TV geek that I am, September starts me salivating for new shows and returning favorites. On top of my must-see list this year is the second season of Joan of Arcadia, ...

I am Sam Sam I am That Sam-I-am! That Sam-I-am! I do not like that Sam-I-am! Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not like them, Sam-I-am. I do not like green eggs and ham. What do Green ...

In an opening scene of Zach Braff's film, Garden State , a plane is spiraling downward to its fiery doom, while ...

Hey thans man. No problem. Why d'ya do that? you know he'll just buy booze...

I'm a high school English teacher. When I share this with others, they usually respond with some variation of the following: "Wow. That takes courage." It's an accurate observation, but ...

A few years ago my mother said, "Today is Good Friday. Why don't come to church with me tonight?" Oh no, I thought. Not the church talk again. "Mother," I explained for the hundredth ...