The Dear Abby from a Distraught Widower

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Courtney Mroch

Yesterday Jade sent me an email with this enticing subject line: “Speak now or forever hold your peace.” At first I thought she was sending me some info about people wanting to get married who wouldn’t be able to for very much longer for one reason or another. Maybe because a popular marriage destination was closing or something. (Not that I know of anything like that happening anywhere. That’s just the conclusion I jumped to.) But, oh no, it was nothing innocuous like that. It was a link to Yahoo! News and a Dear Abby column posted there on Sunday … Continue reading →

Born on the Fourth of July

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Michele Cheplic

Happy Fourth of July! Happy Birthday America! If you happen to be sharing your birthday with the nation… Happy Birthday to you too! You celebrate this special day with a number of newsmakers who were also born on the Fourth of July, including: Calvin Coolidge Born in 1872, the 30th President of the United States of America is the only U.S. president to be born on the nation’s birthday. He took on the position in 1923 when then President Warren Harding died in office. He won the presidency in his own right in 1924. But, four years later decided against … Continue reading →