Essays

The country duo Big & Rich (Big Kenny and John Rich) can be pretty goofy, but, on their 2014 album Gravity, they included a heartfelt song with the startling title [...]

A couple months ago, I fell in love with a younger woman, a much younger woman.  A girl, really.  Well, actually, a baby. She was born a little after four [...]

Back in 2011, my future daughter-in-law Tara Ruccolo took on the challenge to set up a website for her boyfriend’s technologically challenged father.  It was a simple thing that debuted [...]

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m feeling sort of left out. This past weekend, President Donald Trump tweeted about how much he dislikes singer and activist John Legend [...]

On the occasion of this 126th Labor Day as a national holiday, I’d like to make a modest proposal: Let’s have a second one — Labor Day 2 — that’s [...]

By Patrick T. Reardon This essay was originally posted on the 5th anniversary of my lay-off, April 23, 2014. Aside from adjusting the first sentence, I haven't changed it. Ten [...]

I want to complain about complaining. Wait, let me rephrase that.  I’d like to make some observations about the tendency of modern Americans to find fault with just about anything. [...]