The Tale of Despereaux is a castration fable disguised as a children’s story. Not only does a kitchen cook chop off the titular character’s mouse tail, but an evil rat suffers the same fate. That’s ...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” this quote from Charles Dickens aptly describes what Rolo the Dachshund found out last week. Rolo’s family is now working from home due to the ...