We like to say, “Everything happens for a reason.” That’s not “the Royal We,” by the way—that’s the expression many Americans use to explain difficult circumstances without an apparent cause. We struggle to make sense of our situation and so (…)
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Discovering Dean Koontz The “Mansion” section of The Wall Street Journal on Friday, 11 July 2014 featured a story by suspense novelist Dean Koontz about the magnificent (my adjective) home that he and his wife Gerda built in Newport Beach, (…)
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