Once upon a time just a few days after Christmas and a few more before New Year's Eve, an old homeless man was wandering down the...

Let me tell you a tale ’bout my shiny car; how I drove it fast, and I drove it far, while I take you drinkin’ at a swanky bar, ’cause my...

I remember the day my father, in a fit of rage, locked himself out of the house and onto our porch where he proceeded to smash an oak...

There is the child’s face, round puffed brown cheeks, mouth contorted in a wail as his two-year-old eyes stare beyond the chain mesh to...

Our President has been consistent in expressing his beliefs that his opponents want open borders, ostensibly so drug dealers, rapists,...

I frequently hear people lament about days gone by who imagine that our nation was better off a half-century ago. You know: Back when...

The problem the United States is facing with terrorism that originated in the Middle East is the direct result of the West’s post-WWI...

I’ve been both amazed and dismayed by our nation’s seemingly rapid descent into political and social tribalism that threatens our ability...

One more story from the Complete Works of the Literate Dead: It's Time To Wake Up, George The road was forever. Infinite, moving; like...

Note: This story originally appeared in my first published work, The Complete Works of the Literate Dead. The Warning Aaron Vesuv came...

Note: The following story was originally published in my first book, The Complete Works of the Literate Dead, now out of print. This...

the way to hump a cow is not the way to hump a cow is not to get yourself a stool but draw a line around the spot and call it beautifool...

Recognizing that any explanation of how the cosmos operates is dependent on, and limited to, the parameters set by the culture I am ...

(Some Thoughts for a Labor Day Weekend) In his poem about the prophet, Isaiah, Leonard Cohen underscores a reality that I think is...

Sometimes, I miss the bells. They came from the carillon in the belfry of St. Irene's Catholic Church about a mile and a half from the...

I suspect most high school graduates are acquainted with Robert Frost’s poem, Mending Wall, and it is certainly true that many people...

One of the key motivations for many voters is the question of whether or not abortion should remain a legal right in the United States....

Contrary to popular misconceptions, the Bible actually says nothing about homosexuality. This is simply because the concept of sexual...