The word lobotomy strikes terror in the heart of most of us today, despite the fact that the procedure was once the darling of mental health professionals–and

I wasn’t surprised to read what was there on the cemetery stone because I had known some time ago that Joseph Four Bears was a

In the cold of January, fifty-plus years ago, I sat in a car full of guys, my cased-up 16-gauge double-barrel in my hands, heading out

We visited Stratford-upon-Avon, of course, toured Shakespeare’s house and watched the Royal Shakespeare Company perform Julius Caesar in the Royal Shakespearean Theater. I vaguely remember

Two Tai Dam men, both of whom immigrated to this country as refugees after the Vietnam War, are grocery shopping. Seriously—this happened. Both of them

She’d asked me to drop by her class because the topic seemed like something I’d have some thoughts about. That’s what she told me in

During my college years, the highest I ever rose on my summer job was about five feet off the ground aboard an army surplus caterpillar.

It was a very old church, although not as ancient as many throughout the Netherlands. And it was right on the street, middle of town,

Metaphors and other descriptors, like men’s ties and women’s scarves, move in and out of style. No respectable preacher can say much about the church