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  • A Teetotaler’s Opinion on Why We Need More Bars

    A Teetotaler’s Opinion on Why We Need More Bars0

    I’m a teetotaler—and I have been for basically all my life. My reasons for choosing not to consume alcohol have to do with family history, health, and certain personal convictions. I recently moved from my hometown to a small suburb of Dallas for work. At first, the distance from my family and friends was appreciated;

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  • Breaking Up Is Easy to Do (If You Shack Up First)

    Breaking Up Is Easy to Do (If You Shack Up First)0

    “Kim Kardashian is here!” my friend said in an excited stage whisper. Pulling my eyes off the major-league baseball game on the field below, I gave her a confused look. It was 2011, and I was still blissfully unaware of the reality TV star and her family. After she explained more than I cared to

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  • America’s Assault on Reason and Logic

    America’s Assault on Reason and Logic0

    “In critical moments,” said Star Trek’s master of logic, Mr. Spock, “men sometimes see exactly what they wish to see.” Apparently so. The truth of this statement hit me like a bolt of lightning recently when a friend relayed his experience at a medical clinic. It seems the ignorance and lack of rational thinking in

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  • It Shouldn’t Be a Crime to Let Your Teen Babysit

    It Shouldn’t Be a Crime to Let Your Teen Babysit1

    When COVID-19 suddenly shut down her children’s day care in May of 2020 and Melissa Henderson had to go to work, she asked her 14-year-old daughter, Linley, to babysit the four younger siblings. Linley was “remote learning” when her youngest brother, Thaddeus, four, spied his friend outside and went over to play with him. It

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  • The Silver Lining in Single-Income Families

    The Silver Lining in Single-Income Families0

    There have been countless repercussions from COVID so far, and it’s likely that more are on the way. Most of these repercussions are negative, but every once in a while, there’s one with a silver lining. I saw one of these the other day while on Twitter, where Scott Adams—of Dilbert fame—shared a chart showing

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  • Quit Complaining About the Weather

    Quit Complaining About the Weather0

    It’s wintertime in the upper Midwest. Aside from the fact that I’ll be waking up to snow on the ground every morning from here until, oh, probably mid-March, I’ll also be hearing people complain about the cold weather until it dies a slow, painful death in the spring. But even then, I suspect my fellow

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