Once-upon-a-time there was Fort Winnie, except that it never really went away.

The saying "What goes round, comes round" can have a shocking outcome.

Growing up in another language can make the sky's animals come tumbling down.

Though Obama supporters are entitled to cheer, the thrill of victory is mostly for show.

When passionate excitement turns into daily expectation, a marriage can falter.

Scythes and curlicues as seen from space are more than just storms.

Candidates working crowds late into campaigns is an "of the people" birthright.

American candidates are mere side dishes to main-course foreign policy.

When cancer and chemo are the norm, chemicals can become second nature.

Hyperbole mars the Taliban's deplorable shooting of Malala Yousafzai.

Since elegance of mouth and manners faded away, the maw has been on uncouth fire.