It’s summertime and the heat index is soaring.  My 14-year-old has a social life that exhausts me, mostly because I’m old and I’m spending much of my “free” time driving him from one place to another. Work has been particularly busy. My garden...

Jason Wilson wants people to understand that although he hasn’t been able to work full time since 1999, he’s neither lazy nor is he a loser. What he is, he explains, his voice choking with emotion, is mentally ill. The 41-year-old was diagnosed with...