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This is the time of year I always think about patriotism--I mean what it actually means, rather than what some have decided, for their own reasons,...
Longtime readers know I get really cranky around this time of year, and not just about politics and all the grandstanding and other ridiculousness...
I had a little bit too much fun last week, thanks to my little sister syndrome. It happens sometimes. I might have been a little mean in my jokes...
June is a month that holds both joy and sadness for me. Thursday will mark eight years since I lost my furry son Luke, who was such a special soul...
Something struck me when I was perusing my Threads feed last week. Wedding photographer Kelsey Combe posted May 27: "Here's the thing. I am lectured...
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."--Douglas Adams, "The...
Language, as I've often written, evolves over time. It's mostly a natural process, and dictionaries record those changes once they become significant...
It's been a while since I've talked about the Voices page, so let's dive in. One reader says he's noticed an extreme shift to the left since Rex...
It wouldn't be a day in modern America if there weren't some bully saying, "But I'm a paying customer." Ahem. Paying for goods or services doesn't...
Some interesting discussion came about from last week's column about ensuring that cited quotes are accurate, both in their content and in to whom...
It's been an eventful few days, with Easter, the death of Pope Francis (rest in peace), Earth Day, and a lot of misleading statements about the case...
Those who know me well know I don't do things by half-measures. If I break a bone, I really break it: In 2009, on my freakin' birthday, I shattered my...
Much of the past week has been spent laughing at penguin memes. Because when the U.S. decides to put tariffs on islands containing nothing but...
The past week has been busier than usual for me, between getting my car up and running again now that I'm cleared to drive, getting staples out of my...
Back when I wrote food stories on a fairly regular basis (much thanks to the wonderful Irene Wassell, may she rest in peace), I did one on food...
Every time there's a special day, week or month to celebrate, for example, the contributions of Black people, women (this is Women's History Month),...
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." --Inigo Montoya, "The Princess Bride" It would be easy to say that...
My accident Dec. 1 meant that my intended column on the Oxford Word of the Year had to be postponed. I'm still recovering after my surgery...
OK, 2024, you win. Each year since at least 2015, it seems, the outgoing year has basically said, yeah, you can't top me for...