D. RANDALL FARO

Longtime senior NBA insider, Adrian Wojnarowski, recently announced he was leaving his ESPN position to manage St. Bonaventure...

One must wait an hour after eating before going swimming to prevent cramping.       Going outside with wet hair on a cold day will cause...

Critical thinking is the ability to effectively analyze information and form a judgment. The opposite is superficial, careless, shallow...

The industrial manufacture of death. A phrase that leapt from the page of a WWII novel I’m reading about snipers in the European theater...

I wonder. In the sense, not of soul-stirring surprise, but of doubt. Doubt, in this case, meaning not completely understanding. Maybe not...

It’s not promised. Tomorrow. That doesn’t mean one should make no plans for tomorrow . . . or next week . . . or next year. Life is an...

There are things we might not know that we’re glad to learn are happening. Stay with me even though the next paragraph might need a...

Affluenza is a portmanteau of affluence and influenza. While not a formally recognized pathological mental condition, the term is...

Don’t ask me what I believe or what my deepest values are. Watch me. The reason for saying “don’t ask me” is that I can say anything. I...

It’s a question imbedded in the mind of most authors. I typed “why authors write” in the Google search box and got over 8 million...

Growing up in Indianapolis in the early 60s I spend uncounted happy days at the Riviera Club, a gigantic outdoor swimming pool with...

A wise sage who lived in the first century AD – or CE, depending on one’s druthers – drew up a short list (9) of what he termed “fruits...

Look up “wish” in any dictionary and you’ll find something like: “a desire or hope for something to happen.” There’s an old saying: “If...

“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me.” Fewer words have been spoken that are untrue. “But,” some say,...

Ever been vexed? Sure you have. Everyone has. Annoyed . . . frustrated . . . irritated. We’re not talking about monumentally horrendous...

One of the recordings that helped rocket the Beatles to fame in 1963 was “Money.” The best things in life are free / But you can keep 'em...

Statistics. Bean counters come up with ones such as: - Anchovies devour 28% of their own progeny. (I snorkeled through a school once....

My growing up years, the 50s and 60s, saw the advent of Rock and Roll. I did homework accompanied by a turntable and a stack of vinyl...

Newsflash from the Smithsonian Magazine: While they can seem pointless and purely irritating to us humans, mosquitoes do play a...

For the birds is an idiom meaning worthless, not to be taken seriously, no good. The earliest usage of the phrase is by the U.S. military...