Women must ask themselves if he’s for real or does he have a hidden agenda I hadn’t seen him since he became very successful. In college, he was a force, strong personality but lackadaisical about the academic tasks involved. Yeah, Mitch was one of those guys who was born to…

Did the identity dilemma just get a shot of clarity or confusion. Doctors, staff and students at one of the most prestigious teaching hospitals in the United States recently received the following information: What are pronouns? Pronouns are how we refer to each other in the third person. You cannot…

Before I retired, I constructed an informal bucket list of 10 things I would like to experience after the kids were grown, work was largely a thing of the past and my remaining IRA balance would allow me. — People who make a bucket list have always fascinated me. Imagine, putting the pressure of checking off experiential challenges that involve physical and emotional exertion at precisely the time in life when the things to which you look forward involve eating, sleeping and a properly functioning digestive system.

Inflation seems to be everywhere. Can you find a bit of optimism when shopping for your barbecues this summer? Midnight in the super market, when all the employees had gone home, the various food items started to bicker again. …

He had always prided himself on his teeth. — He had always prided himself on his teeth. In his lifetime he had only one cavity which he had filled promptly. Although not blindingly white, his teeth remained a respectable gray-brown, much like the color of his hair on his head. He hadn’t been interested in meeting anyone since he…

I’m convinced the country is split. Not only in the obvious political ways but a much more subtle rift that influences what most humans hold nearest and dearest. Dating apps, professional matchmakers, social groups, meetups, network events for your profession, alumni activities, sporting clubs (running, bike riding, soccer), gyms are…

I was told that I was old by my lawyer when I was in my middle 50s. I was in college. It was the first game of the season. I was playing defensive back on the University of Delaware football team. We were playing Lehigh. They were pretty good that…

My best friend’s dad was a big wheel, he was head of sales at IBM — whatever that is At 12 years old I had the intellectual where-with-all to know that some families in our neighborhood had more money than others. …

One of the most dynamic performers in the history of the world died this week. This improbable story is what happened when I saw her in person. My girlfriend worked at a Philadelphia bank in the early 1970s. Every once in a while the executives would give the support staff…