In the weeks prior to last Sunday, I experienced the growing realization that I faced a dilemma of major proportions, trapped between two competing loyalties. I grew up in the Kansas City area, becoming a Chiefs fan when the team arrived in 1963 from...

And now for something completely eclectic... How come it never rains inside a barn? It's a stable atmosphere. What did the Irish meteorologist name the stream behind his house? The Mary O'Donnell Flow What do meteorologists get after a long night...

Waterbury, CT Republican-American, November 18, 2009 Like most workplaces, we have a breakroom, within which resides two refrigerators. They are placed there for the benefit of employees who bring lunches that might prove inedible after four hours in...

November 7, 2009: The Dream Becomes Reality Johnstown Tribune-Democrat, and National Park Service website (www.nps.gov/flni) November 12, 2009 It was a beautiful day, in many ways reminiscent of another perfect day, an early September morning in 2001....

“He’s a Boy Scout!” We’ve all heard this exclamation, usually spoken in a voice thick with scorn. It’s commonly heard in one of those “tough guy” movies as a motivation for removing someone perceived to be weak from a position of...