I was at O’Hare Field waiting for a flight to Dallas. The gate agent made an announcement. “We have an overbooked flight. We need one volunteer to take a later…
Some years ago I was delighted to visit the town of Newburgh, New York. I enjoyed reading the plaques around town about where George Washington and his troops stayed. Shortly…
John Steinbeck once did something few writers would ever dare. He hid in a migrant camp under a fake name — just to see if America would treat him like…
A woman refused to give up the window seat she paid for — and the internet hasn’t stopped fighting about it since. A crying child was sitting in her seat.…
We were walking through Walmart when my 10-year-old son spotted something glimmering on the floor. He bent down, picked it up, and handed it to me — a ring. At…
There is a monastery in Portugal that is quite a tourist attraction. The monastery is perched high on a 3,000 foot cliff. Getting to the monastery is a terrifying ride…
