People the world over agree that being a nation requires making sure every child attends school. Almost all of the over 180 countries in the world include education as a constitutional right for all citizens (The Atlantic, 11/28/18)....

I just had my second total knee replacement surgery. It knocks you for a loop. While I haven’t followed much news these past few weeks, except for national headlines, I did tuck aside a couple of small items to write...

The folk tale of Cinderella has lasted through the ages because instances of individuals suffering from oppression have been part of so many families – in all different eras and in families all around the world....

Maybe the concept of all people being equal to one another is too complicated for us humans. Plants get it. Animals get it. We just don’t get it....

One of the names for that great big full moon out there tonight is the “Hunger Moon.” The name reminds me that each person we encounter – whether happy or sad, loved or alone, included or marginalized – hungers for...

When I was six years old, my biggest concerns were how soon I could go outside to play with my best friend and which dress I would wear to school the next day....

Here we go again. Aunt Judy is going to nag, nag, nag her daughter about the fact she is working full time while her kids are still in school....

My backyard happens to be a tiny mountain – 652 feet high, to be exact. It’s not part of my property, but it is my view, my sunset, my ever-present companion and my witness to the changing of the seasons....

The phrase, “It is my God-given right,” seems to be cropping up a lot lately. What do you think of when you hear this phrase?...

When I was having my “conversations on the common” this summer, I noticed that our individual political identities have grown murky. Unlike most of our parents, who seemed sure about being either a Republican or a Democrat, people today do...