Green beer flowing freely in the streets of the world’s greatest city… Busloads arriving in town for all-day drinking… A patriotic alibi for public drunkenness… We’re all Irish on March 17, and we have the bar bill to prove it. What could be more fun? I was present at the American Irish Historical Society book [...]

By Angie Carter This time of year many resolutions are made, only to be quietly dismissed shortly thereafter. But how can such a determined resolution to quit drinking end in another failed attempt to stop a behavior that can be so harmful to self and others? One would think such a person is either very [...]

Wikipedia defines duct tape as a strong, multi-purpose, pressure-sensitive adhesive tape. In America, we define duct tape as the multi-purpose, quick fix-it for all circumstances that need an immediate, temporary fix. This can range from taping the spine of a book together or holding a headlight in place until a repair can be done. Duct [...]

We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Betty Ford at the age of 93. Her life was nothing short of remarkable, as was she. Mrs. Ford is often remembered as bucking convention as a First Lady and speaking her mind, regardless of how popular her opinions might have been at the time. [...]

Where did I hear this? I can’t remember exactly. It was at an awards ceremony when a survivor of the Holocaust who had been put on film (Spielberg?) said in an acceptance speech something like, “people think I am boring because I don’t care about going to so many places but still, after all these [...]

I stepped out into the fog that night not quite sure of what was next. The thick soup of San Francisco dampness that descends upon the city on most summer nights was particularly heavy, and I tripped over something on the sidewalk, but this night it didn’t really matter what it was. My mind was [...]

A lot of times, I tell myself that a girl like me should not have ended up where I did. I had everything going for me. I grew up with more love that I can even understand. I had successful parents, close siblings, and truer friends as a child than I had as an adult. [...]