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Burpy the Burposaur had a big surprise for everybody in his elementary school on his first day there. His teacher ended up in a tree and the bus driver who had mistreated Burpy didn’t fare much better. You see,...

Optimism is a good thing. It’s the belief that when we have problems, “everything will turn out alright in the end.” But I’m a glass-half-empty kind of guy. My first reaction to most problems is that everything will not...

We should be rolling out the welcome mat for new immigrants, not building a wall to keep them out. Why? Because, in addition to the moral and humane reasons, they may be our best hope for replenishing the shrinking...

I didn’t think I was prejudiced toward minorities while growing up in Western New York in the 1960’s. But looking back on those years, I realize that I had bought into the stereotypes. Along with my friends, I chuckled...

I had a commanding officer in the Navy that I called Captain Hook. He motivated his subordinates through fear, by which I mean he enjoyed chewing us up and spitting us out like so many chaws of tobacco. Hook...