When Hardy Roberts met the woman who would become his wife, he got a bonus: ...more

March 6, 2009

Juan P. Sanchez Jr. was headed home, at the wheel of the car he loved, a recent gift from his parents, when struck from behind by another vehicle. ...more

December 8, 2008

A few days before Thanksgiving, I worked the crack-of-dawn, 40-degree morning shift at Metropolitan Ministries with a school service club. ...more

December 7, 2008

It only makes sense that a cross country runner would travel to Australia to see the pope. ...more

October 4, 2008

Florida's public school students for years have been studying "biological changes over time," but proposed revisions in state science standards for the first time would use another term for that concept: evolution. ...more

December 8, 2007

Years ago, late on a Sunday afternoon, I found myself sitting in my favorite cafe in the North End of Boston, calculating whether to buy another cappuccino or save the few dollars I had left in my pocket to buy subway tokens for getting back and forth to work that week. Post-college, I was broke, as usual, and relying on cigarettes and coffee to keep the stomach from rumbling too much. ...more

November 21, 2007