My Neighbors Destroyed My Grandparents’ 50-Year-Old Apple Tree — They Never Expected the Price They’d Pay

But they would benefit from the lesson that destruction had taught—that some things are worth fighting for, that property rights matter, and that the best revenge is living well and planting trees that will outlive your enemies.

The memorial bench from my grandmother’s apple tree still sits in my backyard, and I still sit on it most evenings during continue reading …