A young man once made an appointment with a well-published author.  The first question the author asked him was, ‘Why did you want to see me?’ The young man stammered, ‘Well, I’m a writer, too.  I was hoping you could…

  Although we do not have the original manuscripts of the New Testament, we do have more than 99.9 percent of the original text because of the faithful work of manuscript copyists over the centuries. Copying was a long, arduous process.  In…

  After several months of romance, Napoleon and Josephine decided to marry. The notary who made out the marriage contract was one of Josephine’s friends.  He secretly advised her against marrying an ‘obscure little officer who has nothing besides his…

  People often think of heart surgeons as being arrogant prima-donnas in the medical world.  But those who know Dr. William DeVries, the surgeon who pioneered the artificial heart, couldn’t disagree more. Co-workers at Humana Hospital Audubon in Louisville, Kentucky, described…

  In March 1987, Eamon Coughlan was running in a qualifying heat at the World Indoor Track Championships in Indianapolis.  The Irishman was the reigning world record holder at 1500 meters and he was favored to win the race easily.…