She was a simple farm girl who always seemed to have a new car while her brothers were still riding tractors. She could play at least four m...

A while back, I read an interesting book by David Brooks entitled ‘Bobos in Paradise.’ This book and others like it heralded an oftentimes...

Summertime for the grandkids. It was the best of times and it stayed that way, with a few bumps here and there. As their ever-observant Pa...