I am now finishing day eight of a nasty run-in with Swine-Flu's lesser-known little brother. This illness looks, acts, and feels like Swine or any other good, hearty flu, but yet turns up negative on the flu tests. That means Tama-Flu won't help....

What do you call it when my wife (1) gets all the kids ready for church because I am at early-morning meetings (2) takes the tired, ornery baby during the last hour of church so I can be free to attend to my church responsibilities unimpeded, (3) lets...

It's one of those lessons you learn in kindergarten. It makes snack time go so much more smoothly. It makes your mom happy because there's less fighting in the home. It helps people to like you. It even helps you win friends and influence people...

She loves me, and that opens up a universe of opportunity. We recently got back from three days--three marvelous days--of "roughing it" in the form of camping, cooking, and hiking in the wild, at Arches National Park. Arches National Park isn't just...

As you recall, I didn't sleep well last night because of the rain blowing in. It's the first storm of autumn, bringing a sudden, delicious drop in temperature and promising a scintillating smorgasbord for the senses, just around the...