After my column about Ouija boards, a curious reader asked me to elaborate on the name’s origin. Smithsonianmag.com wrote, “Contrary to popular belief, ‘Ouija’ is not a combination of the French for ‘yes,’ oui, and the German ja … It was Bond’s (an investor’s) sister-in-law, Helen Peters (wh…
The word “tragedy” literally means “goat song.” As Greek drama developed, actors would dress in goatskins and sing seriously sad songs.
The average age of a child who experiences homelessness is 5 years old. Homelessness overall is increasing.
"To appreciate heaven well, it’s good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell,” seems as true today as in the late 1900s when American poet Will Carlton wrote it.
