Jim Mullen 's Recent Stories

I just got back from the state fair. You could tell it was the last day because people were winning ..

I just got back from a May-December wedding — the bride looked like she was born last May; the groom, ..

Once every four years, I’m in the mood to watch a little discus, a little javelin throw, some long jump, ..

Almost every day you see a news story about a guy who painted a marriage proposal on a billboard next ..

Where did all the good, high-paying jobs for B.A.’s in English Lit go all of a sudden? Four years of ..

People naturally worry about their memory as they get older. “Oh, I can’t remember where I put my reading glasses. ..

Remember a few years ago when term limits were all the rage? The idea was that every few election cycles, ..

“Count Lipschitz is on the phone,” Sue yelled. There was an unsaid “again” in her voice. He is becoming a ..

Most of the prescriptions I have ever gotten warn me not to drive, operate heavy equipment or use a chainsaw ..

Every week, it seems, social scientists find another way in which we divide ourselves into groups. There’s the Generation Gap, ..

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