A few years ago, I was visiting a manufacturing plant when I overheard a conversation between two workers. One had just returned from an injury and was explaining how a...

I still remember the first time my car battery died—parked outside the hardware store, arms full of lightbulbs, in ninety-degree heat, sweating more from panic than the sun.  I popped...

I Thought I Could Handle Fog—Until I Couldn't I still remember the morning I drove into what looked like a soft gray cloud on the way to a safety conference....

I Once Got Flashed—By a Trucker. Here's Why I Deserved It. So there I was, cruising down a foggy mountain road just outside Big Bear, blasting Fleetwood Mac and feeling...

Have I Ever Told You About That Night I Drove Into a Ditch? It was past midnight, somewhere outside Des Moines, and I was trying to beat traffic by driving...