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Making Sense By Michael Reagan So big whoop. The federal government shutdown that never should have happened is over. One cheer for... More
A few weeks ago, the rover Perseverance found potential signs of life on Mars. Again. I’m getting tired of scientists getting so... More
Gee, what a surprise. Eight Senate Democrats sold out their party, surrendered the 40-day fight, and forged a deal with MAGA Republicans... More
Despite the rampant rage at the recent surrender of several Democratic senators to end the government shutdown, the larger story lies in... More
It isn't often that two senators as far apart ideologically as Republican Bill Hagerty of Tennessee and Democrat Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland... More
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree Don’t hate me because I’m stationary. Yes, the Tyrees are anticipating another laid-back, close-to-home Thanksgiving. Some would envy... More
Waking at 6:45 a.m., I stumbled three blocks to Summit Coffee in Charlotte, arriving just as they unlocked the door. The clerk... More
Hugh Mulcahy, a right-handed pitcher who started regularly for the dismal 1940s-era Philadelphia Phillies, was the first MLB regular drafted to serve... More
As I watched the bloodbath in New York on Tuesday evening, all I could think of was the last episode in Game... More
We got it in the early 1970s — a Kimball organ that sat in our living room for 20 years or more.... More
As the government shutdown enters its sixth week, Republicans and Democrats don't seem much closer to a solution both sides can agree... More
Making Sense By Michael Reagan To nuke the filibuster or not to nuke the filibuster? That’s the big question as we head... More
My house plants and I are in a dysfunctional relationship where I forget to water them and they forget to live. It’s... More
The Schumer Shutdown may soon end, but we might have avoided it entirely had the Medicaid discussion been transparent. More talk about... More
Some degree of belated justice prevailed late last month when former Illinois sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson, who shot and killed Sonya Massey,... More
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree Let’s face it: America’s Bibles have seen more dust than the Joad family in Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of... More
Landslide Democratic victories…now there’s a phrase that I’d almost forgotten how to type. But it has leapt from my keyboarding fingers and... More
There are a few people in the world who are instantly recognizable with just one name: Madonna, Beyonce and Rihanna come to... More
Laughter is a precious commodity in these dark times, and I indulge myself whenever authoritarian elf Mike Johnson opens his mouth. I’m... More