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It was one of those nights. The boys would not go to sleep. They had that contagious energy…
A lot can go wrong. You and your spouse could split up. You could get cancer and die…
Cato the Elder was a great man. He was successful at agriculture. He was successful as a writer….
Tracee Ellis Ross has a famous, successful mother: the singer Diana Ross. You might think that someone that…
There’s a lot of darkness in the world. A pandemic. Corrupt and failed politicians. Institutions groaning under the…
It hits you randomly. You’re in the middle of packing your kids up for a drive to the…
You can look at all the negative in the world. You can focus on the dark clouds above….
Maybe your parents have “issues.” Maybe you have trouble getting along with your siblings. Maybe your spouse and…
Have you ever watched someone sit and play with a little kid for hours? Like totally engrossed, never checking a phone, never rushing, never getting…
General Jim Mattis has talked about his idyllic childhood in Pullman, Washington. There he spent time outdoors, explored, got in trouble, and had an all-American…
Nobody wants to see their kid make a mistake. That’s why we spend so much time teaching them right and wrong, why we try to…
Do you know the story of the 300 Spartans? Maybe you do. It was first immortalized by Herodotus, and then has been passed down through…
This is just my personality, we say. I just don’t have any energy when I get home from work, we complain. I’m in a bad…
Douglas MacArthur was a complicated man. He was ambitious. He was vain. He made many mistakes. It’s very unlikely that he was a perfect father….
What schools are your kids attending? No, not what college or prep school. This is more of a “school of life” question. Charis Denison, a…
In 1982-83, Jim Valvano coached the North Carolina State basketball team to a National Championship title. The Wolfpack was a mid-ranked team that entered the…
Ernest Hemingway was not a great husband or, as often as he should have been, a great father. He had four wives, at least one…
In early January, Kobe Bryant got a note from a reporter at ESPN. She was working on a story about a moment in Lakers’ history…
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