Ron Artest is a forward on the Lakers basketball team. And he is good at his job. In 2004 he won the NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. And, year before last, he was an integral part of that...

Like most Southern Californians, I don't spend a lot of time outside walking around. But this morning I had to have some blood work done and was wandering around near the local hospital trying to...

I couldn't help but include this picture with this week's musing. It is a cat literally with two faces. This particular 12 year old cat is named Frank 'n Louie. He hails from Worchester, Mass. He...

A couple of weeks ago, Pat Robertson (chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network) literally kicked up a fire storm with his remarks about divorcing a spouse who has Alzheimer's disease. His...

The October edition of National Geographic had a field note from a monkey watcher. Anthropologist Susan Perry observed that Capuchin monkeys are high drama animals. "She should know, she has studied...

When I was a kid and we got a little too noisy in the house, my father would jokingly shout, "Kids, go play out on the run way!" You see, I grew up on military bases and we always lived near a run...

The magazine, RealSimple.com had a neat article in its June edition. It was entitled, "Five Great Things about Getting lder." (Since I turned 62 this year, I am very interested in this topic!) The...

Over the 29 years of my experience as the Head of School at Stoneybrooke, the verse that I have most often given to kids to memorize is Eph. 4:29. It says, "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out...

A story broke on the news wire last week that is incredibly disturbing. It seems that Jerry Sandusky, a long time football defensive coach at Penn State University is accused of molesting at least...

Years ago I had a friend that always used a small "i" when referring to himself. The first person singular is normally capitalized, but he felt that it was a tangible way to express his humility...

The standard for good childhood manners differs according to culture and family backgrounds. In the Far East, belching at the table is considered a compliment to the chef. (It wasn't at my house!)...

I saw an article in the New York Times about how much water it takes to manufacture one pair of jeans. Levi Strauss and Company reported that "from the cotton field in rural India to the local rag...