Tom Montgomery Fate

Americans are increasingly overwhelmed and confused about who and what to believe and about where authority comes from.

The national parks are hugely successful and supporting them may be one small way to help bring our deeply divided country together.

Donna Seaman is not only adept at reading books but also at reading the city of Chicago itself.

The hard thing with Alzheimer’s is that your dad or mom becomes like a child again, and you must parent them.

Some are repulsed by the swarms of cicadas. But I find them miraculous: 13 to 17 years of waiting underground followed by a few weeks of passion.

A couple of years after getting a pandemic puppy, who turned into an anxious adult dog, I get it. I’ve come to appreciate Gracie’s unconditional love.

"Where do you call home?" a reporter once asked me in an interview for her newspaper. "Iowa," I said. "I thought you lived in Chicago," she replied. "I do," I...

"Do we detect the reason why we also did not die on the approach of spring?" — "The Journal of Henry David Thoreau," April 6, 1856 This morning, as the...