It took World War II to get my dad out of New Jersey.
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My absolute favorite Thanksgivings were spent at a wobbly card table covered by a freshly ironed bed sheet.
Some intuitive person in the church basement got to know my dad and realized – most likely in a moment of exquisite horror – that rather than talking people off a ledge, my father was more likely to lose his temper and give them a metaphorical push.
A 2018 poll of teenagers showed that only 35 percent of 16 to 19 years olds planned to get summer jobs. That’s sharply lower than 2000 when 51 percent entered the seasonal job market.