We all thought it was the funniest thing in the world when my sister gave the chipmunk part of her peanut butter sandwich. Actually it wasn’t a chipmunk but a Colombian Ground Squirrel, that’s what the ranger told us then and in the ensuing years whenever one of us retold the story and said...

The Pursuit of Happiness Can happiness be pursued? And what are we supposed to do with it once we catch it? They say that Disneyland is the happiest place on Earth. While it seems a nice enough vacation place, would any of us be eternally happy there? While life and liberty may be inalienable...

Random memory: 6th grade, my mother driving me to school in the morning on her way into her job teaching at Lansdowne Friends. Every morning we listened to Top 40 radio, and this time it was the Intruders' “I’ll Always Love My Mama.” It was quite a hit at the time. I said something about how...