Ken Sheldon

If you time travel to the 17th century, here is a useful guide to Puritan laws to help you stay out of trouble.

Want to find out what’s going on with your neighbors? Hang out at the local diner. If you live in a small town, you have no secrets—which is bad if you’re in the witness-protection program, but good if you wonder where your kids are hanging out or where your chainsaw ended up. So how does […]

It’s spring — time to clean house, jettison junk, and dispense with debris. But that isn’t easy for New Englanders, most of whom seem to be afflicted with a disease known as clutteropathy. Researchers have identified six different strains of this disorder.   ACCUMULITIS Also known as “usefulness delusion disorder” (UDDER), this sickness is identified […]