The Quietest Hands
We thought we were soldiers fighting for the soul of our campus. That’s how we described it—grand words for children playing at war. We carried our ideals like...
The Library Hour
They say dementia steals your memories. But watching my grandfather, I’ve come to believe it doesn’t just steal—it replaces. Something else has moved into him, something that lives...
Valor and the Dark Box
Humans passed my kennel like rain past a gutter—quick eyes, quick pity, quicker steps—until the one with the steady heartbeat stopped and forgot to breathe. I was eight...
He Pressed His Ear to My Harley — and Found the Sound of Home
Part I — Idle The boy pressed his ear to my idling Harley like it was a heartbeat—barefoot on hot Ohio asphalt, eyes closed, counting breaths—and the whole...
Leavitt Rejects Pope Leo’s Pro-Life Criticism
Pope Leo XIV lit a firestorm with his words — and Karoline Leavitt wasted no time striking back. On Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV openly attacked Donald Trump’s immigration...
Benji and the Barber’s Pole
The Last Walk on Main Street: A Barber, His Dog, and a Town That Forgot (A longer, tighter, and more cinematic rewrite that preserves your story’s plot and...
Find the Hum
Part 1 – The Parking Lot Encounter Two years of quiet ended in the most ordinary of places: a parking lot between a crooked row of shopping carts...
JD Vance Blasted for “Anti-Christian” Healthcare Remarks
At a recent White House press briefing, Vice President JD Vance made a remark about healthcare for undocumented immigrants that has gone viral — and many Americans are...
Buttons at the Diner Counter | The Dog Who Waited at the Diner Door Every Morning — and the Secret He Wouldn’t Let Go
Part 1 – Buttons at the Diner Counter The Desert Star Diner sat along a lonely stretch of Route 54, just outside Tucumcari, New Mexico. To most travelers...
Trump’s “War” Gaffe Sparks Global Laughter
Sometimes global diplomacy looks less like strategy and more like late-night comedy. Former President Donald Trump has long bragged that he “solved wars that were unsolvable.” For example,...