John Biemer: Dropping a child off at college stirs up a tangle of emotions
I'm 53 now. I've been to weddings, funerals and graduations. And yet, there's nothing that feels quite like a college drop-off.
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John Biemer: Some songs understand that Christmas can be a mix of joy and melancholy
The older I get, the more I find myself drawn to the Christmas songs that have a touch of melancholy to them. Songs that acknowledge the complexity of Christmas emotions....
Commentary: How Daisy has turned into my family’s comfort dog during the pandemic
I've been hugging my dog more lately. Maybe you have been too. During these stressful, uncertain days of social distancing, quarantine and COVID-19, it's never been better to have a...
Stepping across the real Abbey Road, 50 years after release of Beatles’ landmark album
We popped up from the London Underground station of St. John's Wood and noticed right away that we were in a leafier part of England's capital, outside the congested city...
‘That’s the alligator they caught in Chicago.’ Chance the Snapper’s reputation grows at new home in Florida.
The alligator that became a sensation in Chicago after turning up in a Humboldt Park lagoon last month is healthy and enjoying the good life in sunny Florida, keepers at...
That time when a bear broke into our minivan on a family vacation in the Smokies
As we checked in and got directions to our mountain cabin, we were told we might encounter bears on the property. Don't feed them, we were warned. OK, we said....
Has the Pap test lost its value?
The Pap test — a staple of women's health checkups for generations — is one of medicine's greatest success stories, saving the lives of countless women by detecting abnormal cells...
Can the human body handle a trip to Mars?
The race to the Red Planet is heating up. President Barack Obama touted NASA's plans to send people to Mars by the 2030s in a recent piece written for CNN's...
Spending a month with children’s cancer
After three years as a resident physician in pathology, I'd grown accustomed to seeing cancer. In fact, I see it every day. But this was different: These were just kids....
Ode to that second fridge
I love our second fridge. It sits unassumingly in the utility area of our basement, next to the washing machine and dryer. It isn't quite as big as our kitchen...