For my Latin student of 52 years ago, Thomas Halley (1952-2017). Requiescas in pace, amice.

When the British neurologist Oliver Sacks’s 46-page “Gratitude” appeared in print in November 2015, Sacks had already been dead for three months.

In many cultures throughout the ages, there are periods of time when the boundary line between this world and the “other” grows thin and those on the other crossover to visit us.

Do you use irony in your conversations? It’s when you say the opposite of what you mean.

In the April 14, 2017 edition of the “Independent,” an article appeared by Katie Foster called “Children as young as 13 attending ‘smartphone rehab’ as concerns grow over screen time.”

During a baseball game on television the other night, one of the players smashed a home run into the right-field stands.

It’s a national tragedy that the United States is currently engaged in a fight over who deserves or has a right to assistance when they’re in pain or their life is threatened by some physical or em

It’s always enlightening to see two great minds come to loggerheads over the values they embrace and in doing so shed light on what it means to be human.

April is National Poetry Month.

My maternal grandfather owned and operated a wholesale produce business in New York City for over 40 years.