One day a historian from the United States asked a former president of Argentina why South America with all of its tremendous natural resources of iron, copper, silver and gold….its…
“I was flying Southwest Airlines from Dallas to New York. Three rows ahead of me, there was a young soldier in uniform. He looked barely 18. He was staring straight…
A Letter from Elvis Presley to America My Fellow Americans, Well now… if you’ll allow me a moment, I’d like to tell you a story. It’s not just my story.…
In 2009, George W. Bush invited President-elect Obama and all former living presidents for lunch… This was two weeks before the country’s transfer of power from Bush to Obama. Bush,…
I’m a landlord. It’s a tough business. I had a tenant, Mr. Alvarez. Never late on rent for 5 years. Then, the checks stopped. I went to his apartment. He…
They are not invisible. We just stopped looking. I was at a big-box store checkout, the kind with the bright blue vests. The cashier, a woman who looked to be…
My son’s bike was stolen from our front yard. He was crushed. It was a cheap bike, but it was his freedom. I posted on the community Facebook page, just…
I pulled my big rig into a rest area on I-15 northbound and noticed a young family. Mom was about eight months pregnant, and they had three little boys with…
A young father-to-be was pacing back and forth, wringing his hands in the hospital corridor while his wife was in labor. His stomach was tied up in knots of fear…
I’m a veterinary technician. A guy walked in yesterday carrying a 14-year-old Golden Retriever. The dog was completely gray in the muzzle and could barely walk. “I need to put…
