Stories from Bob Grady

It was April, 1971, and I was in Madrid, Spain, with a group of teachers visiting on Spring Break. As an English teacher...

There are some questions I would like to pose. They concern situations like the Boston Marathon, Sandy Hook Elementary, ...


My ancestors are mostly Irish. The color green seems to be associated with Ireland-especially around St. Paddy’s Da...

I was nine that December day in 1941. I had been playing in the yard at 11 Gates Avenue in Waterbury, and had come insid...

How would you like to be graduating from college and looking for a job in today's market? Pretty scary, right? The cost ...

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I would not want to be looking for a job in this economy. My daughter, who has just reached the half century m...

The year 1968 saw many horrendous events take place. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated. The TV...

I went to high school from 1946 to 1950 at Sacred Heart, a converted elementary Catholic school located on Wolcott Stree...

With apologies to Jonathan Swift, I suggest the following modest proposal. There are many people who are concerned about...