In 2015, at the age of 90, former president Jimmy Carter released a statement saying that he had metastatic melanoma and that the cancer had spread to his brain. “ItĢƵ in the hands of God,” he calmly explained, “whom I worship.” News organizations dusted off obituaries, and tributes ...
At least four or five times a week, freight trains rumble past my house. The tracks are no more than 75 feet from where I park my car.Most of the early morning trains consist in part of tanker cars carrying who knows what chemicals. More than once I’ve wondered what would happen if just one ...
The kids are alright, The Who once sang.Well, actually, they might not be.Some recent studies have shown that young people, particularly teenage girls, are experiencing disturbingly high levels of stress and distress. Granted, teens have been experiencing their share of angst since the whole ...