It’s Christmas, and the struggle to stay off the “naughty” list and cling to the “nice” list is over. Parents who have used Santa’s “naughty/nice” list as a means of behavioral control must now utilize another method to reward good conduct and punish the bad. Various websites exist to aid parents who use the naughty/nice …
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal, 85-year-old, award-winning actor Ian McKellen was asked about his pet peeves. “It baffles me,” he said, “why so many people these days, if they’re sitting in public, they’ll be talking to their iPhone…I want to stop them and say, ‘Do you realize the love of your life …
“The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world. They lied and stole and smoked cigars (even the girls) and talked dirty and hit little kids and cussed their teachers and took the name of the Lord in vain and set fire to Fred Shoemaker’s old broken-down toolhouse.” So began Barbara …
I love a good story, and rabbis (teachers of Judaism) often have some of the best because they usually have a little twist in telling the truth, like the one about the nine men and a goat. In his book How to be Decadent, journalist George Mikes has this version: a man comes to a wise rabbi …
It was Sunday afternoon, October 27, 1974. Lori and I found a parking spot at the Sonic Drive-In in Altus, Oklahoma, and ordered two drinks. We were nervous teenagers on our first date. We listened to the music over the drive-in’s intercom as I sipped my Dr. Pepper and Lori her ice water (always with …