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鈥檛 hydrate me enough. I counter with the argument that, if I were stranded in a desert and only ...
Q. I can鈥檛 believe I鈥檓 saying this, but I think I need help with my online time. It鈥檚 only been a week since high school graduation and it hit me that I鈥檓 spending most of my days online. I should be happy. I鈥檓 all set for college in August, and the incredible effort I made to get ...
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 ...
It鈥檚 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 ...
Q. Is it strange that I鈥檓 a lot closer to my grandma than I am to my mom? I know my mom cares about me, but she doesn鈥檛 show it the way my gram does. I know how gram feels, not just because she says 鈥淚 love you鈥� 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鈥檚 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鈥檚. The headline? 鈥淟evi鈥檚 Now Pear-Shaped to Fit the ...
