Real Housewives of New Jersey: Happy Birthday to Me [Recaps]

#recaps Last night's wander into the Housewives chicken coop was all about years. Years passing, marking births and anniversaries, growth and recession,...

Real Housewives of New Jersey: Happy Birthday to Me [Recaps]

# recaps Last night's wander into the Housewives chicken coop was all about years. Years passing, marking births and anniversaries, growth and recession, learning and forgetting. This is the ebb and flow of progress. The Housewives are just caught in the tide. More »

Poetry: Jennifer Richter on hope, health and near misses

Richter's first full-length collection, "Threshold," was selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey for the 2009 Crab Orchard Open Competition Award.

The Color Of Patriotism, Ethical Tightrope & A Poem

Outdoor parties, barbecues, the water: thats what Independence Day means to me. Dont question my patriotism; we children of the 60s are committed to the freedoms and principles that this day stands for.

Byrd laid to rest

ARLINGTON, Va. U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the longest-serving legislator in the history of Congress, was borne to his rest Tuesday amid the strains of the mountain music he loved and the words of the scripture he revered.