666,141 822,432, Two interesting numbers. Try to guess what they represent. If you follow the news, you might have a clue that the second one is the most recent total of the number of Americans who have died of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic two years ago. The first one isn’t as easy, …
“Sous les paves, la plage …” When my wife and I talk about 1968, it becomes apparent very quickly that what happened in France was far more significant than what happened here. I’m not talking about historical events. The assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy had a horrible, long-lasting effect on our country, …
I’m not sure why things sort of pop into my mind from time to time, but they do. I first saw “Peggy Sue Got Married” in Denver in October 1986, and while I have seen it numerous times since then, one particular exchange came to mind today. Peggy Sue finds herself 25 years in the …
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I don’t think I ever worried about whether my two children would be alive to return home from school at the end of the day. They graduated from high school in 1998 and 2003, and we lived in an extremely upscale community. We were concerned about things like drugs, but survival was way down the …
The oldest man ever living died this week. Actually, Bob Dole was only 98, and he wasn’t even the oldest famous person to die this year. But for the last 10 years or so, Dole has been the best humorous example of extreme old age. Bob Dole is the last living Civil War veteran. No, …
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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“I belong to no organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” It has been nearly a hundred years since humorist Will Rogers delivered maybe the best synopsis of the world’s oldest political party. Nothing much has changed. Republicans fall into line like students at a military school, while as good a description as any of Democrats …
Woody Allen said it first. “Eighty percent of life is just showing up.” That’s why Republicans, who are definitely a minority, manage to win elections, particularly in years when people aren’t voting to elect a president. Oh, those aren’t the only times they win. Even in elections with high turnout, Republicans in many states work …
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