Joke about Holding Onto Grudges

An old joke. A letter to a neighbor reads:

Dear Frank. We've been neighbors for six tumultuous years. When you borrowed my tiller, you returned it ...

Physician Warns of Spiritual Autoimmune Disease

Physician Horace Smith warns that in the church "we must guard against 'spiritual autoimmune disease,' in which spiritual white cells see ...

'Esquire' Claims We've Become More Angry

An article on Esquire magazine begins with this quote in bold capital letters:

WE THE PEOPLE ARE PISSED. THE BODY POLITIC IS BURNING UP. AND THE ANGER ...

A Mob Murders Two Men Based on a Rumor

In Walter Van Tilburg Clark's novel The Ox-Bow Incident, an exited youth passes on a rumor that popular rancher has been murdered and his cattle stolen. ...

Anger Is the 'Poison' of Our Planet

The actor, comedian, and author Patton Oswalt was asked the by The New York Times, "If you could require the president to read one book, what would ...

Presidents Jefferson and Adams Reconcile Before Death

Two devoted friends and brilliant minds—John Adams and Thomas Jefferson—fell out with each other over politics, personal slights, and both ...

Special Suit Helps Students Empathize with Elderly

How do you train a 20-something medical school student to feel genuine empathy for senior citizens? Enter "The Age Man Suit." Consisting of ...

The Last Soldier to Die in World War I

The last soldier to die in the Great War was an American, twenty-three-year-old Henry Gunther, a private with the American Expeditionary Force in France. ...

After a Complaint, Man Invents New Typeface

If you open up your word processing software and start typing, chances are you're looking at a typeface called Times New Roman. It's so common ...

A Wedding in a War Zone

Ekhlas Mohammed is a new bride, but one without a honeymoon. Why? She and her new husband live in Dhuluiya, a town on Iraq's edge that has been literally ...