I spoke with one of the country's foremost experts on crows this week. Crazy, I know. She told me this story: Her team of crow researchers had set up a…

My plane was recently delayed in Dallas when a man refused to exit the place where I was waiting to board. Security was called, and about 30 minutes later, he…

I was sitting beside a woman at a prestigious university event. Our tablemates included the university's CFO, professors, and administrators. I was going to deliver the keynote address, but before…

Years ago, my principal, Plato Karafelis, had decided to replace some of the chairs at teachers' desks. A bunch of them were in bad shape, so he planned to purchase…

A new survey asked Americans which decade was the best of their lives, and each age cohort disproportionately said “this one” relative to expectations. For instance, 22 percent of people…

Worksheets occasionally include unnecessary images and themes, like this one. A beach witch? What the hell is that supposed to be? One of my students rightly pointed out something even…

Over the past two weeks, I've had to sincerely apologize to three different people: Two colleagues, after fouling something up A friend for whom I made a faulty assumption A…

Last week, I was telling my students about Johnny Cash — the musician who we were listening to that week — when I told them this story: Johnny Cash died…

Researchers recently studied the relationship between physical appearance and tipping in restaurants, and their findings were not surprising: Attractive servers — identified as such by the customers who interacted with…

It's hard to believe that, given the wrong set of circumstances — a neighborhood cat lurking on our deck — these two brothers can turn on each other and become…