I never thought there’d come a time I’d be writing these four words, but here goes: Thank God I’m old. What makes me so grateful for being long in the tooth and gray in the mane? Well, having just passed a milestone birthday – I’m now entitled
Nobody enjoys a day off work or values the past more than the Irish, so you’d think the Emerald Isle would be a bit more creative where its public holidays are concerned. As it is, the vast majority of them are religious in nature or designated, quite simply and
St. Patrick’s Day in the U.S. is traditionally marked by boisterous parades featuring shamrocks, leprechauns and curly-haired Irish dancers. Thanks to some clever marketing in recent years, creamy pints of Guinness are now on the menu every March 17 as well.
My dentist can confirm that I’m long enough in the tooth to have witnessed three distinct Information Ages.
Bestselling novelist Lee Child must have known he was on to something when he released action hero Jack Reacher into the world in 1997.
In “Mending Wall,” Robert Frost’s much-quoted poem published in 1914, this quintessentially flinty New Englander famously declares: “Good fences make good neighbors.”
If you’re reading these words over your morning coffee somewhere around Greater Boston, there’s a good chance you delivered your son or daughter to hockey practice a few short hours ago.
What do U.S. presidents, clockwise from top left, John Tyler, Chester A. Arthur, Gerald Ford, Millard Fillmore and Andrew Johnson all have in common? Check out the column below for the answer.
