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With apologies to Jimmy Fallon, here are a few things I am grateful for: Thank you, sports beat reporters, for shamelessly sucking up to...

Ever since King Saul successfully sent up David to pinch-hit for the Israelites against Goliath and the Philistines, players have been poin...

What’s everybody doing for Father’s Day, I asked the second graders today. Is anyone planning something special for dad? “I’m taking him t...

With the last day of school looming, the first-graders turned introspective. Their two-part assignment called for an honest self-appraisal ...

Subbing for the Spanish teacher at the elementary school, I played “Stuart Little 2,” as instructed. There was some initial complaining fro...