Parents have been asking me a whole lot of questions about the tiny hole they sometimes find over the lower back of their babies. Let me see if I can make things simple about these things we call sacral dimples. Dimples or pits at the base of the tailbone just above or in the buttock ...

As a Red-Blooded All-American Boy, I started riding a bike as soon as I could. Or more exactly, I started TRYING to ride a bike. I was six or seven and it was a daunting task, as my mother, who raised only RBAAB’s, refused to let me have training wheels. My mother was almost 40 when I ...

The Friday morning after Thanksgiving, I gave my cereal bowl a hard stare like a mug shot. Next to my orange juice was a note, “Eat up. See you in a week, Love Dad.” The previous day, our best dishes gleaming and piled with nostalgia, I tried to surreptitiously feed my stuffing to my dog. ...

I’m hesitant to review travel guides. I’ve written a few of my own, and I don’t want to be accused of any bias. Many turn out to be listings that someone could do entirely at a computer station without visiting many of the places described. Others simply don’t offer information in ...

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is encouraging automakers to make advanced seat belt technology and other safety innovations the norm in the back seat. And IIHS put that to the test, requiring the better protection for second-row occupants for its 2025 Top Safety Pick and Top ...