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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?
A beneficial mix of art and science
Art and science came together in a magnificent way last week when members of Smuin Ballet danced before a full house in the new Performing Arts Auditorium in Whitefish.
McCain's ignoble failure to ignite
What is wrong with John McCain?
It's the judges who need a legal guardian
Rule of law in this country has been replaced by rule of judges.
Hunting for the elusive ellipsis
In case you missed it, Sept. 24 was a very important day. It was National Punctuation Day, the holiday that reminds America that a "semicolon is not a surgical procedure."
The Palin Test: A liberal litmus for the media
If you were uncertain why people don't like and don't trust the mainstream media, all you have to do is look at the treatment of Sarah Palin and you will get the picture. Reactions to her have become a virtual litm…
Our nation's soundtrack is rich, graceful
Growing up in the late 1950s and early '60s, before rock 'n' roll took root, there was a sweep and syncopation to American music that mirrored the power of the American story.
A beneficial mix of art and science
Art and science came together in a magnificent way last week when members of Smuin Ballet danced before a full house in the new Performing Arts Auditorium in Whitefish.
'The Sheep Look Up' and see what?
There's an excellent science fiction novel from the 1970s called "The Sheep Look Up," in which John Brunner creates a bleak world full of pollution, corporate greed, governmental manipulation, technological inadequ…
Diets of our dads are food for thought
'The Sheep Look Up' and see what?
There's an excellent science fiction novel from the 1970s called "The Sheep Look Up," in which John Brunner creates a bleak world full of pollution, corporate greed, governmental manipulation, technological inadequ…
Diets of our dads are food for thought
I don't remember how we got on the subject, but banter in the newsroom one recent day focused on the weird combinations of food our parents ate or still eat.
Mrs. Palin goes to town
Don't count out small-town America.
Bush, Barack, Big Mac: recipe for disaster ?
Who knows how much more damage George W. Bush can do to the country before he leaves office in January. Take your pick: A war with Iran. A war with Russia. Surrender to Mexico. Close Gitmo. Pardon Osama bin Laden's…
Straight talk about curly hair
I may have to get a perm.
Usual '2 cents' column delayed by rain
This column reminds me of the ?modified limited hangout? made famous by John Ehrlichman during Watergate. You remember John Ehrlichman, don?t you? You remember Watergate, don?t you?