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,...

The Ghost on Route 66

The first time I watched Frank “Sarge” Riley die, it was on a twelve-inch screen in the dim hum of my office—the Wi-Fi buffering like a tiny, anxious...

The Human Shield

Why a dying, runaway biker spent his final moments becoming a wall between danger and a silent seven-year-old girl. Paramedics would later say they found only two things...

The Cracked Snow Globe: A Lanterns’ Story

The VFW hall smelled faintly of coffee and old wood polish. Neon signs hummed over the raffle table, their glow fighting with the fluorescent ceiling lights. The Iron...

The Ribbon on the Handlebar: A Story of Compassion and Community

The small pink backpack sat alone on the bench, waiting for a child to claim it, just as if it had been placed there for recess, to be...

I Came Home to Find My Husband with His Ex-Wife in Our House — What She Was Doing Made Me Lose Control

After a long day at work, all I wanted was to relax. I was looking forward to taking a shower, changing into my comfiest pajamas, and curling up...

She Brought $12 at Midnight to Ask 32 Broken Soldiers to Be Her Dad

The Knock at Midnight I am Samuel “Doc” Hayes. Army medic, retired not by choice but by a roadside bomb that took my right leg and left my...