Last week, TV networks aired a viral video of an airline customer melting down. These videos surface every few months — a woman’s tirade over a $20 baggage fee in Memphis, an irate doctor’s dramatic arrest in Orlando, a Spirit passenger ranting in the isle after her plane was diverted, and a mother losing her…
Middle-Age
That old car smell
“She served us well for thirteen years,” I thought wistfully, as my husband and I drove our 2005 Sienna minivan to the local Carmax to trade her in last week. Although her trusty engine still spun like a top, our family vehicle had too many problems to ignore. Passing another state vehicle inspection would have…
Alcatraz Gang POW leaves legacy of hope in US Congress
In May of 1966, twenty-one days after his F-4 Phantom II was shot down over North Vietnam, Sam Johnson arrived at the Hß╗Åa L├▓ Prison. Within hours, he was beaten unconscious by his brutal captors. The unspeakable pain Johnson endured when his broken arm and dislocated shoulders were wrenched backwards was only the beginning. Johnson…
And that’s the way the cookies crumbled
There is a certain kind of limbo that takes place between Christmas and New Years. It’s a confusing time when it feels like something that has been celebrated for weeks has finally come to an end. But you are expected to carry on like it didn’t. According to the unwritten rule book, your duty is…
What I believe about Hell and hand baskets