Perhaps you’ve noticed from the shrinkage (or total elimination) of your local newspaper that this source of hometown journalism has...
When public officials get themselves mired in the muck of corruption, they can always count on Sen. Ted Cruz to...
Over time, words with beautiful meanings occasionally get degraded into ugliness. “Gentle,” for example. Originally meaning good natured and kindly,...
How about a little bit of good news for a change? Specifically, good news about news. The demise of local...
In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Humpty Dumpty scornfully declares that, “When I use a word, it means just what I...
When you think of Americans whose music has made a lasting difference, you might think of Scott Joplin, Woody Guthrie,...
Seemingly intractable problems sometimes have an obvious solution standing right in front of them. Our nation’s dire shortage of long-haul...
Many of today’s right-wing governors and state legislators have a problem. By constantly pushing an extremist ideological agenda of nonsense...
Let’s talk Turkey! No, not the Butterballs in Congress. I’m talking about the real thing, the big gobbler – 46...
Two pieces of good advice: (1) “Never sign nothin’ by neon,” and (2) “Never negotiate with snakes.” But Joe Biden...

