My hometown is indolent and inhospitable, and so am I. By Rax King Washington, D.C., where I’m from, is not a friendly town. President John F. Kennedy famously described it as “a city of Southern ...

This month, our twin boys — our only children — will fly the coop and head off to university. For the first time in 19 years, just two of us and our 12-pound Maltese Shih Tzu will be rattling around ...