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6 feet and beyond: That would be Wilde
What happens when you clear 5 feet, 6 inches in the high jump as a high school senior?
States to Congress: 'Don't tread on me...'
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the dismal performance of California legislators as they rushed to pass $200 billion worth of health-care reform at a time when their state is facing bankruptcy.
From China ... with love
Today is Valentine’s Day. It is also Chinese New Year.
Champagne toast in a place called Flom
As I was watching Adam Pitman’s wonderful documentary about the Whitefish Winter Carnival recently, I was reminded of the carnival’s connection to the St. Paul Winter Carnival in Minnesota.
California dreamin': Damn the deficit; full speed ahead on health care for all
I thought maybe this was a joke, but I researched it and found it to be utterly, jaw-droppingly, stupefyingly true:
America: Are we being 'transformed' and ... if so ... into what?
The week before he was elected president, President Obama made the bold statement that, “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
The people's veto: Has its time come?
Last week I proposed that politicians would benefit greatly from paying attention to what the voters are saying — about issues and about their elected leaders.
Meaty drinks - a carnivore's nirvana
Imagine my husband’s delight when he opened the latest Food Network Magazine and discovered a piece on how to make “meaty cocktails.” For a guy who’s spent most of his career in the meat business, the idea of makin…
Do the will of the people - or feel the people's wrath
You can get a sense of the disconnect of America’s leadership from the people they serve by contrasting the voices coming out of Washington with the vox populi that you hear in the local barbershop.
Harry Reid, heal thyself
Polls show approval of Congress at about 25 percent, but if one needed more specific evidence of America’s disgust with Congress, it can be found in Nevada.
World gone wrong? A look at the year ahead
In the spirit of Robert Heinlein’s “Future History” series, Managing Editor Frank Miele has prepared a brief fictional primer on the major threats that are likely to afflict us in the coming year. (Warning: Satire …
2009: A year of new lows
What a difference a year makes! Last year, it was all about “hope and change.” This year, it is all about “smoke and mirrors.” Last year was “post-partisan”; this year is “post-partisan depression.” Last year we ha…
Giving the gift of literacy
I recently listened to a presentation about literacy that made me sit up and take notice.
Big Brother, can you spare a dime?
They say you can’t put the genie back in the bottle, and the same goes for presidents. The voters summoned President Obama into existence with their chant of “Hope and Change” and now he is poised to grant three wi…
Wake up and smell the debt!
I didn’t know whether to headline this story, “It’s the debt, stupid!” or “Wake up and smell the catastrophe,” so I settled on “Wake up and smell the debt!”
Save the Seals! Navy heroes to be put on trial
Dec. 7: “A date which will live in infamy.”