As reported in the daily paper, a woman threw a shoe at Hillary Clinton during her Las Vegas speech on waste management. I’ve heard of getting the boot, but a shoe? She handled the interruption with aplomb. “My goodness! I didn’t know that solid waste management was so controversial,” she[...]
Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. — T.S. Eliot Author Leo Buscaglia tells this story of his mother and their ‘misery dinner.” It was the night after his father came home and said it looked as if he would have[...]
Quick show of hands: How many of you think it’s OK for a parent to do their child’s homework? Oh, good. Only a few of you. Most of us recognize that while parents who do their kid’s homework are well-intentioned, they’re not really doing their kids any favors. Because while[...]
I’ve finished reading Tony Dungy’s book, Uncommon Life, Daily Challenge. The daily devotionals don’t apply to any given calendar year so I’ve started all over in 2014. Yesterday, Dungy — writing about his former coach — said, “Chuck Noll told me often it is better to invest yourself in something[...]
A federal judge did not overturn Ohio’s constitutional ban on gay marriage, but he said the state has to treat same-sex couples married legally in other states the same way it treats heterosexual couples. By Warren Richey A federal judge has ordered Ohio officials to give full legal recognition to[...]
President Obama and U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers gave the weekly political addresses Saturday. They both mentioned equal pay for women, but from there the talks split into partisan themes. By Brad Knickerbocker There are some political issues that by definition are bipartisan, impossible to argue about without automatically losing[...]
Sen. Rand Paul got headlines Sunday for criticizing the Jeb Bush comment that illegal immigration was sometimes an ‘act of love.’ But his rebuke was gentle, perhaps because 2016 is looming. By Mark Sappenfield When potential presidential hopeful Jeb Bush said last weekend that illegal immigration was not a felony,[...]
But President Obama still faces a tough political choice: Reject the Keystone XL oil pipeline and risk tipping the Senate to Republicans, or support it and alienate elements of his party’s base. By Francine Kiefer WASHINGTON — The White House on Thursday was quick to slap down a letter from[...]
The fourth-annual successful “Starlight and Strings: TANGO” at Winchester Cultural Center last Friday was a joyful “fun(d)raiser” (all funds used for Winchester activities). Plenty of hors d’oeuvres, wine and music were offered in Friends Garden, raffles and silent auctions drew many and a sold-out Tango Dance and Music Concert inspired[...]
Dear EarthTalk: What’s behind the rise in public transit in the U.S. in the last few years, and how does our transit use compare with that of other developed countries? — Angie Whitby, New Bern, NC Transit ridership is indeed at its highest level in the U.S. in 57 years.[...]
Harry Reid wants suburban Chinatown on Bundy’s landApril 18, 2014
Monday night’s “blood moon” leaves stargazers gobsmacked, flabbergastedApril 18, 2014
Our illustrious Senator Majority Leader and Godfather of many of the local politiciansApril 18, 2014
Would-be representative’s new plan for democracyApril 18, 2014
