No matter how rough things can be at times, many Americans are optimistic and on the move.

In the late summer of 1986, the band I had been in for five years stopped playing. Suddenly, I was on my own. This new state of bandlessness was, at first, traumatic. When your group breaks up, a lot of broken parts hit the ground.

Creating problems is easy. We do it all the time. Finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.

One person's disaster is another person's talking point.

Don't let despair mutate your flesh Look at my twisted stumps of thought See the fingers, listen to the voice I am slowly becoming the end of the line.

The scarcity of the music not only makes the music itself enjoyable but it also gives the collector a strange sense of superiority.

The public library system of the United States is worth preserving.