Essays are a great way to teach lessons. In our house of seven children, it seems that almost every day is an “Essay Day.” Last week, when caught in the middle of a lie—about an issue that was not ...

It really chaps my cheeks when a great writer like me gets "tainted" by the unscrupulous acts of hacks like this Jayson Blair guy at The New York Times. It zaps the creativity right out of my bones.

We were trying to add a remote data entry and display unit to our radio communications monitoring system, itself recently revised to take advantage of new 8-bit microprocessor technology (yes, this ...

I am in the middle of reading Admiral William McRaven’s new book “The Hero Code” and strongly suspect that in the years to follow, there will be over a million moms who will make sure their children ...

Here’s a scenario that most people can relate to from their childhoods: You ask your mother if you can go over to your friend’s house. Mom says yes – she knows where you’ll be and when you’ll be home.