“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 …
It fills me with despair to think voters are so incredibly stupid. I know that’s a combative way to start a piece, but let’s face it. We can’t get anything done in Washington because one party refuses to allow the other party to govern. Voters get angry at the governing party for what they see …
“… eight hundred pounds of angry hillbilly.” “Disturbed Veterans of the Indian Wars.” “No, Bubblegut! No!” It’s tough to brag when your book ranks No. 1,149,768 for sales on Amazon, although that does leave “The System” in the top 12 percent or so of more than nine million listings. We have acquired a rating. Someone gave …
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I had pretty well made up my mind on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, and at first I was truly appalled that he wasn’t convicted on any of the five counts. But when I started thinking about it, I realized that other than gun charges, the only possibility for real punishment would be if it was …
