We should have never read "The Frog and The Princess" to Melanie.Every night, she wants us to read her that story.And now, her room has frog pillows, lilypad rugs on the blue carpet, and a frog night light.She even made me put up frog wallpaper.One ni

Han Solo became a deadbeat dad.Luke Skywalker, a failed teacher and pathetic hermit.Willow... whatever that midget's name was, a squib of a sorcerer.While the hero, Mad Mordigan, dies offscreen of toxic masculinity.The last of the heroes, Indiana Jone

It didn't matter how long it took John to get back from the liquor store.His parents would beat him with a belt for being so slow.So, he'd sit on the curb and watch the stars.And when he saw a shooting star, he'd made a wish.One day, that wish came tr

I thought back to the days when I watched Carl Sagan's Cosmos, all the wonder and hope and fear and challenge.So much potential our species has... had...Hearing the sirens blare, the warnings on the television.It started with one bomb... then another..

The circus train comes through Rockport twice a season, but when it stops at the station, it just takes on coal and water.Kids are kept in school that day, the sheriff's orders.Still, some manage to sneak out, and they see roughnecks wave through the wi

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Every day, Charlie Brown would get a new kite, and without fail, it would end up in the kite-eating tree.He never gave up. He kept trying. And he kept failing.One day, he flew a rainbow-colored kite, and the kite ate it."This tree is a LGBT-hating tree

We all know the old adage: Give a man a fish and he eats for a day.Well, if you give the man other animals, strange things happen.If you give a man a goose, he'll punch you and tell you to stop.If you give a man a slug, he'll punch you back harder.If

I remember going to Return of the Jedi when I was thirteen.The whole family, my grandparents, too.My grandmother looked like Yoda.There were movie booklets for sale in the lobby.We bought one, and passed it around to read while waiting in line for two

In between the world wars, the Germans were prohibited from developing military aircraft and vehicles.As if.They developed mail planes that could be quickly converted to bombers, and airliners that could also serve as troop transports.The British were