In the Q line for "Only the Young," a middle-aged man came up and asked his friends if they were going to watch that coming-of-age film. But if he knew anything about the story, he’d know better than...

I had grown up hearing from my father that “fortune favors the brave”; he attributed all of his success in life to it. But prior to May of last year, I had never been outgoing. I kept to myself. I...