There isn’t a more difficult job to do well than being a parent. That’s why people like James and Jennifer Crumbley of Oakland County, Mich., are such an object lesson for these sad times. Their 15-year-old son Ethan murdered four of his classmates with a semi-automatic pistol his parents had purchased for him just four …
I am sick and tired of listening to the gun nuts whine about their rights being more important than the lives of people’s children. It’s one thing to say they have a right to own guns guaranteed by the Second Amendment, even though it was never seen as an absolute right until the last 40-50 …
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“Apologies for the cynicism, but we humans have become so spoiled and entitled, we can hardly suffer a slow Uber driver, a long line at the grocery or bank, a shortage of nearly anything, or the slightest disruptions in our cherished routines.” There’s an old expression that I believe originated in the military. “Shit flows …
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“My body, my choice?” I don’t know if there has ever been an issue, at least in my lifetime, that has been demagogued as much on both sides as the right to terminate a pregnancy by an abortion. Maybe that’s because neither side can see any way to a legitimate compromise. And unless forced, neither …
Eleven years ago, I learned the secret of happiness. I discovered three things that if done consistently, would result in a perfectly happy life. Imagine my dismay when I discovered I couldn’t do them. Oh, I could do one of the three with no problem and another one most of the time, but it was …
I spent more than half of my childhood living one hour from the biggest college town in America. Columbus, Ohio, has become the largest city in the state and has been the state capitol since early in the 19th century. It’s a metropolitan area of more than 2.1 million people, but more than anything else, …
“Let us go to the banks of the ocean where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. Long ago, I used to be a young man and dear Margaret remembers that for me.” I think I was in fourth or fifth grade the first time I heard the words “Zuider Zee.” I don’t remember if …
This was Black Friday? Just like the proverbial Old Gray Mare, it apparently ain’t what it used to be. When I was working as a business reporter earlier in the century, I was out before dawn on the morning after Thanksgiving, watching massive crowds battle for bargains. In some parts of the country, would-be shoppers …
How about that? After the disappointment of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict in Wisconsin last week, it was a wonderful surprise to see Georgia come through in the name of justice in the Ahmaud Arbery case. Three white men were convicted of murder for shooting and killing a black jogger by a jury on which 11 …
Dillard’s is primarily a Southern department store. It’s not Macy’s or Nordstrom, but it has one thing going for it as far as I’m concerned. It’s one of the only places to buy Tommy Bahama sportswear. Tommy Bahama stuff has been one of my great extravagances since 2010, when I spent the summer in Texas …
