At Nathan's Coney Island on the Fourth of July, I ate more hot dogs than anyone alive.

Bill "The Buzzer" Boatwright loved knowledge. He loved trivia. Loved facts and statistics. First thing every morning, he reached for his bedside almanac to learn what occurred that date in history, then, flush with tidbits, went to make coffee, and wait for his slow-rising wife. “Today, May 14th,

She was quiet, and kept to herself. She was not "unmarried" but disinclined to marry. She managed a small farm, and in the evening read books, including, but not exclusively, The Bible. In Salem, Massachusetts, Becky Woods engaged in social activity, though, it seemed, obligingly. Her gaze made

Born 1949 in Washington D.C., veteran of a lost war, citizen of a nation in debt to its ideals, Eddie Fellows has seen trouble. Enough trouble. A reluctant but willing viewer of the news cycle chronicling the world in his eighth decade, he sees what seems endless trouble. His