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A Pleasant Blast From the Past: Why a Working Scoreboard Still Matters

When the scoreboard lit up at my son’s game yesterday, it felt like a small miracle.

A New Entry in the Canon of Orphan Literature

He begins the story cradling his father’s headstone, a symbol, as there is no body, and prepares to set it next to his mother’s grave.

Teenagers, Gratitude, and a Culture of Affluence

Holland, MI. Like many readers, or perhaps more accurately, like many readers with children, I read with great interest Mark Mitchell’s piece on “Cultivating Gratitude.” As the father of three…
Jeff Polet
June 23, 2009