My birthday is in April. I don’t know what, exactly, I’ll be doing to celebrate (other than opening a gigantic pile of presents I hope). But one thing that I will for sure NOT be doing is playing “The Game of Averages” from the February 1904 Cosmopolitan magazine, which bills this ...
“We come on the ship they call The Mayflower. We come on the ship that sailed the moon. We come on the age’s most uncertain hour. And we sing an American tune.” These are lines sung by Paul Simon in the last stanza of a 1973 song describing the tensions within our country of exceptional ...
The baskets and decorations are packed away in the tote marked “Easter.” The chocolate rabbit is long gone. The sugar-crusted Peeps will soon be finished along with the foil-covered eggs. Only the jelly beans will last longer than the week because, well, they’re jelly beans. The ...
Gender differences continue to fascinate scientists across disciplines, and for good reason. Some researchers argue that sex differences in childhood may have an even greater impact than those that emerge later in life. As children grow, many distinctions between boys and girls begin to blend. ...
Most families plan vacations around where they want to go. One family friend plans theirs around a much more basic question: Where can we safely eat? Their youngest son has severe, life-threatening food allergies. Not the kind that makes dining out inconvenient, but the kind that turns a ...
Over spring break in March, I traveled down to Southern Utah to spend time with friends in Snow Canyon State Park. We were guided along the Johnson Canyon trail by a lovely young person who taught us all sorts of interesting things about the area. While there, I wondered about water. How did ...
