When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb

We worry so much because we’re nice people. We want to find a way to feed the poor house the poor

They were refugees, too, back in the Forties, settled in Chicago, learned English, some a lot, some a little,

How many times have I said I’m through teasing myself, through pretending I don’t enjoy the wreath of a woman

Simply because anchors have little to say means they’ll keep saying it till others believe. This is America.

So this Mick on the next stool, who’s as serious as Yeats but looks like Wilde, stares at me, with eyes crossed,

Hillary was at the podium setting the record straight for people who have a problem with the tone of her voice. She said when Bill was

Deep in the city where the poor wait for the Second Coming suicide is uncommon. No one leaps off skyscrapers

It’s time to leave the man alone. He’s getting old, his wife says. He’s really slowing down. He’s always been a man occupied with one thing

We see stories on the internet that are simply fake news, many of them malicious as well. It’s hard to tell the difference but a single sentence found

A refugee from another country tel… people thrive on proving their bel… more than understanding one anothe… They will let a stereotype fall on… like a cheap dress as long as it f…

They’ve been here for years two blue jays who live in our yard year round. In winter they’re silent at the feeder but screeching

Ringing in the ears has no cure. It’s called tinnitus and you can pronounce it the way it looks or the way