
editorials
How America Can Avert WWIII
In 1990, after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, President George H.W. Bush was considering the American res...

Safest Transportation
Afraid to fly? Fear of flying is right up there with fear of heights. While I have a touch of Acrophobia,...

Georgia Congressman Austin Scott a Good Role Model for GOP
Georgia Congressman Austin Scott of Tifton is what a Republican should be and used to be before the rightwing...

editorials
I Am a Jew
I am a Jew. Those have been the words of the Jewish people for three millennia.
Those were the words o...

Scanning the Negatives
Smile! Snap!
Over decades family pictures funneled down to me because I'd take them. I saved them in...

Passed over for Nobel Prize for literature again this year
Rats! Can you believe it? Once again I have been passed over for the Nobel Prize in Literature. This is...

editorials
Congress’ Perverse Incentive Structure
This week, a small coterie of House Republicans moved, along with all House Democrats, to oust S......

The Repurposed Pot Lid
I'd missed it.
After hundreds of biscuits enjoyed at my mother-in-law's table, I never noticed t...

Some random thoughts on some random subjects
Just when you thought our federal government couldn’t get any more dysfunctional, we all watched the...

editorials
This week, and every week, newspapers are for you
Americans have more media options than ever. We are inundated with stories, memes, videos......