Every year, the JFK Library Foundation announces the annual winners of the Profile in Courage Award. According to their website, it is the nation’s most prestigious honor for elected public

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To correct an ongoing and very irritating problem, Mr. Schrock stalked upstairs last night and delivered a speech to The Middles that went something like this: “From now on, you

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Here it is (drum roll, please): After weeks of moaning (me) and failed attempts (him), Mr. No Go has finally gone potty!!Why, only this morning, I had launched another serious

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There. That’s my opening salvo regarding that dreaded annual list. While I don’t hold much to New Year’s resolutions as for the most part they are wholly ineffective and end

Every year, we carefully deliberate about which two movies we want to watch on Christmas Eve (or New Year’s Eve, whenever it suits to have our party). This year, the