When my daughter day dreamed about what it would be like in high school, she never imagined being the target of someone's vicious anger, or that the ripples of hatred would be spread by one senior girl to her large circle of friends.All the joy and the anticipation of...
It started out as a road that was straight and narrow but then James saw the bend up ahead. He wanted to stay on the straight path but discovered the moment he told the fib that the road had suddenly changed. He kept the fib to himself and assumed no one knew except...
Joseph Henry used to tell a rather strange story about his childhood. His grandmother paid a cobbler to make him a pair of shoes.The man measured his feet and told Joseph that he could choose between two styles: a rounded toe or a square toe. Little Joseph couldn't...
His name is Henk Otte. He is a middle-aged unemployed man on welfare in the Netherlands. He lives with his wife and two children in an Amsterdam housing project. He seems completely, absolutely ordinary. And he was, at least until 1995. That year, while visiting West...
His name was Steven, but we called him "Spike."Spike was a freshman living at the end of the hall during my sophomore year in college. We christened him "Spike" simply because his appearance was anything but wild, and we suspected he would never live up to the...
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get...
We have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less; buy more, but enjoy it less.We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees, but less sense; more...