There are dates that will live forever in Americans’ memories. July 4, 1776. December 7, 1941. November 22, 1963. September 11, 2001. Dates like these have one thing in common. There is an American consensus on what happened on those days and what it meant. We declared our independence. The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. President …
I guess it’s time I wrote about our Christmas cruise. Tomorrow evening it will be a week since we returned from Miami after spending nine hours in my least favorite airport this side of Elko, Nevada. Just kidding there. I did have a flight in 1989 from Reno to Salt Lake City that made a …
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Are board games making a comeback? Or have they ever really gone away? My daughter Pauline and her family enjoy board games, but there are eight of them — Mom, Dad and six children from 9 to 18 — and it’s difficult to squeeze that many people in around the Xbox to play video games. …
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Another year gone, and this one was definitely a mixed blessing. For one thing, Donald Trump just won’t go away. It isn’t even a political thing anymore. Is it even possible that a former president, one who wants to be president again, would make it part of his Christmas message to tell people to rot …
Scratch the Nikkster. There are plenty of “moments” in presidential campaigns, most of them in the primary season, when candidates say something so stupid that it makes it impossible for them to recover. It may not happen overnight, but the phrase Dead Man Walking becomes appropriate. Or in this case, Dead Woman Walking. Former South …
If there’s one semi-universal thing that unifies Americans from coast to coast and border to border about Christmas, it’s kids visiting Santa and letting him know what they want. In fact, one of the best scenes in the classic 1983 movie “A Christmas Story” has Ralphie letting Santa know how much he wants a BB …
Let me start with a disclaimer. This piece is not intended to be critical of the homeless, of Jesus Christ or of undocumented immigrants in any way. That said: Jesus was not homeless, nor was he an undocumented immigrant. From the Gospel of Luke: In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus*that the …
Forget Christmas, forget Trump. This December, the big deal in my old home town is the announcement that two of Washington, D.C.’s, sports teams are moving from the Chinatown area in D.C. to Northern Virginia. It’s funny at age 74 to see massive projects that may or may not be completed in my lifetime. I …
Remember when Mr. Republican referred to Russia as the Evil Empire? Remember his open-mike joke about saying he had signed legislation outlawing Russia and that the bombing would begin in 10 minutes? Yes, Ronald Reagan has been dead for nearly 20 years and it has been nearly 35 years since he left the White House. …
Today is the 33rd anniversary of one of the most memorable days of my life. In fact, December 12th is the middle one of three particularly memorable days. The 11th was my birthday in 1949, the 13th was my first date with the first girl I ever loved in 1969. The 12th was the day …
