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Sombreros, Qipaos and Catholic Cosplay, Oh My! May. 09, 2018
The impossibly fickle, selective and whimsical rules of cultural appropriation are hard to keep stra... Read More
The Modern Baby May. 03, 2018
Babies haven't changed much in about a million years. But how we view and raise them? That's changin... Read More
Rules Are Meant to Be Broken Apr. 28, 2018
Interior design and decorating are somewhat bound by rules developed overtime to regulate housekeepi... Read More
Facebook Clearly Won't Fix Itself Apr. 12, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg in 2006: "We really messed this one up. ... We did a bad job of explaining what the ... Read More
Republicans Have Reformed Taxes; Will They Fix 1970s Budget Rules Next? Dec. 22, 2017
The Republicans have passed their tax bill, without a single Democratic vote, despite low to dismal ... Read More
Why We Can't Let the Creeps Write the Rules Dec. 15, 2017
Maybe we need a fresh perspective. Everybody regards sexual harassers as creeps. We're watching them... Read More
You Should Know, the Flag Is Not a Rag Jun. 29, 2017
We've seen American flag bikinis — stars on the bottom and stripes on top or the other way aro... Read More
Social Security Laws Are NOT Changing Constantly Jun. 28, 2017
Several times every week, someone makes a comment similar to this one, which I found in today's emai... Read More
The Wussification of Baseball Is a Good Thing May. 18, 2017
When the first cave dwellers began using fire, the elders in the tribe sneered and scoffed. "Who nee... Read More
The Fear-Based Campaign to Control the Net May. 04, 2017
Public fear is an ally of big government. When fear sets in among the populace — often with en... Read More
End of Filibuster Not Good for Either Party Apr. 07, 2017
Back when I was a young staffer in the House of Representatives, we viewed the Senate with some disd... Read More
Trump Has Media Crying ... All the Way to the Bank Feb. 21, 2017
Donald Trump's tweet about the media's being "the enemy of the American people" was a classic distra... Read More
The President and the Courts Feb. 09, 2017
Last week, in a public courtroom in the federal courthouse in Seattle, the states of Washington and ... Read More
Congress Can't Count on the Other Branches to Protect Digital Privacy Rights Feb. 02, 2017
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently shot down the latest effort by the Justice Department... Read More
Addiction in the Home Jan. 30, 2017
Dear Annie: We have three children, ages 29, 27 and 23. The youngest is a fifth-year senior at a Mid... Read More
Kids Who Hate Reading and Avoiding College Talk Dec. 31, 2016
Dear Family Coach: My wife and I are constantly encouraging our children, who are 7 and 11 years old... Read More
How the Political Rules Changed in 2016 Dec. 20, 2016
Over the 40-some years that I have been working or closely observing the political campaign business... Read More
Oil Tax and Roth IRAs Nov. 23, 2016
Dear Mr. Berko: Please answer the following two questions for me. A co-worker believes that Congress... Read More
Rules of the Game Nov. 07, 2016
The underpinnings of a decent society are neutral laws — laws that favor no particular individ... Read More
The Rules of Trick-or-Treating Oct. 31, 2016
Dear Annie: It's that time of year again when the tacky cobweb decorations are up and overpriced bag... Read More
