I was cleaning house the other day when I came across an old box of papers that I had written in college.  I sat down and began reading through them.  It was a nice stroll down memory lane until I found the term paper at the bottom of the pile, the one that had haunted me for months, made me sick to my stomach, and even gave me nightmares.  It was a paper that I wrote about a child health program, “Kidcare,” and...

Yesterday was a beautiful Veteran’s Day.   It was pleasantly warm and sunny for a day in mid-November, which helped bring people out to honor the men and women who have served in our Armed Forces.  Everywhere I went, American flags were flying.  All of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was ablaze with red, white and blue.  And plenty of yellow, too.  I saw dozens of big yellow ribbons tied around oak trees.  Fayetteville...