Many teachers, when confronted with Betsy’s accusation that Maury stuffs her bra, would consider several options, not least of which would be becoming a balloon seller at the zoo so as never to face such nonsense again. Then, thinking... Read More

Living with food allergies not only limits your eating choices, it can also threaten your life. According to the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network, food allergy is believed to be the leading cause of anaphylaxis outside hospitals,... Read More

Business executives are undoubtedly familiar with forecasting, but forecasts are, in essence, educated guesses of what could occur at some point down the road. As Adam Gordon points out in "Future Savvy", predicting the future is a very... Read More

In the long trail of tears that constitutes Jewish history, one bright spot is the triumphant rescue of Russian Jewry. Although supposedly no official anti-Semitism existed in the Soviet Union, there was in fact considerable repression,... Read More

Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson put the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang in the spotlight in the mid-1960s with his chronicle of this notorious West Coast organization. But that was the West Coast. Now, author John Hall has written... Read More

He never saw the second guy. He saw the first guy on a rooftop in Fallujah, one of Iraq’s major cities and the site of a horrendous battle in 2004. Marine Gunnery Sergeant Nick Popaditch got his tank crew to stop and swung his... Read More

The characters of Margaret Luongo’s short story collection are united not by outward demographics, but by a commitment to survival. Most have reached a moment of crisis. There are the usual births, marriages, and deaths, but there are... Read More

A lion as a murder weapon? That’s what zookeeper Iris Oakley gradually comes to believe as she tries to fathom why her husband, Rick—who promised her he’s quit drinking—would end up dead and apparently drunk in a lion’s cage.... Read More