I make my living with words. I love words. I pay attention to words and how they work. I get frustrated when people use “anxious” when they mean “eager.” (Anxious…

There are moments of discovery and experimental success that are so unexpected and profound they nullify everything before them and restructure everything that follows. For years, everyone knew people couldn’t…

My dad was a local politician who served for several years on the city council of Huntsville, Alabama. Watching him work the angles to get things done in local city…