Gabriel Marquez, a giant, has fallen
One day in November 1922, Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Egyptian King Tut, filled with dazzling treasures. Carter poked...
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I will fear the bomb, Russia’s aggression no more
I was born and spent my early childhood in East Tennessee. My home was just a few miles from a...
Enough of pings; let’s have some news
If I hear the word “ping” one more time, I’m going to do...
Why read ‘moldy’ old Sinclair Lewis?
Why should anyone in this new century want to read anything by Sinclair Lewis? “Isn’t he that moldy old author...
Locavores find droolworthy non-Franken foods
Hey, just chillax! OK, so I’m one of the illiterati; just call me a noob. If I were a screenager,...
My life’s become nothing but numbers
As we all must do, I had my annual physical recently. As a part of that examination, blood work is...
After March 31, what then?
Let’s see now if I have this straight. About four million people have signed up for Obamacare, but no one...
After March 31, it’ll get better
In his column attacking ObamaCare on this page, guest writer Ron Scarbro asks, in his headline, "After March 31, what...