The Author’s Prayer
A while back, Washington Post fiction critic extraordinaire Ron Charles tweeted: Does being stuck inside writing a review on this gorgeous day make me even more annoyed with this tedious…
I have never been treated by an OB/GYN but I have an opinion on the subject nonetheless
Admittedly I have almost no experience when it comes to OB/GYNs. Unfortunately that will not stop me from commenting on a piece in Slate that criticizes OB/GYN practices in Florida…
Unacceptable platitude #3: “That’s your opinion.”
“That’s your opinion.” For clarification, this statement, and ones similar to it, are often made after a person states an opinion in the midst of a heated argument. For example:…
Raptured!
At least one reader decided to follow through on Wendy Clinch’s Rapture idea, which makes me extremely happy considering I forgot about it completely. I’d like to use the excuse…
Ice cream for dinner!
That’s right. As my wife and I were finishing our walk with the dog, she turned to me and said, “How about some ice cream for dinner tonight? She didn’t…
Death to the elephants
I was teaching my students about idea generation in regards to writing, using a student-friendly version of TIME magazine called TIME for Kids as my source. I explained that one…
Unprofitable near-death experiences
The New York Times reported that on Easter Sunday 2011, the number one book on Amazon.com’s Religion and Spirituality best-seller list was Heaven Is for Real: A Little Boy’s Astounding…
Spared his life
We may not always like our pets, but we love them, and my daughter is probably their greatest supporter. I think my wife would’ve murdered both of them by now…
Is this version any less likely?
My niece, Lexi, told my sister about the story of Noah's Ark today: "It's the big ship with all the animals that Uncle Sam flew and it came down and…
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