The first time the system flagged my father as “noncompliant,” it was because he missed a check-in. He wasn’t refusing care. He wasn’t confused.... Read More

There is a moment, just before you decide, when everything seems to slow down. Not visibly, but unmistakably. As if the world is holding... Read More

"People need a function, he believes. And he has always been functional, no one can take that away from him." — Fredrik Backman, A... Read More

Women’s History Month is a time to honor not only the women whose names appear in our textbooks, but also those whose courage helped... Read More

There is a growing lament across the American commentariat about a generation that, through no fault of its own, can no longer perform the... Read More

The latest from Cagle Cartoons.     Extraordinary March heat wave in the West by Paul Duginski, CagleCartoons.com

This semester, as I teach an online writing course at a Southern California community college, I keep asking: How do you truly engage students... Read More

Stories about the underworld are rarely really about the dead. They are about the living—about how human beings survive grief. From the ancient myth... Read More

I remember the first time I ever heard the word homosexual. I was in the first grade, and my mother and I were sitting... Read More

Both the federal debt and climate change share a peculiar trait. They are almost invisible, right up until they are not. One day the... Read More