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There's No Laugh Line in a Lynching Nov. 14, 2018
Earlier this year, on April 26, a new museum dedicated to the victims of American white supremacy op... Read More
These Tools Have Fascinating 'Handles' Nov. 07, 2018
During college, I spent an entire summer with a lute in my hands. No, I wasn't strumming medieval ma... Read More
Voters Head to the Polls to Relitigate 2016 Nov. 02, 2018
On Tuesday, Democrats and Republicans will compete for the 42nd time in a nonpresidential-year conte... Read More
What Time Is It? Nov. 01, 2018
Week of Nov. 4-10, 2018 Here we are at that magical time of year when I encounter a surprising numbe... Read More
Holiday Style by the Decade: Style Then, Style Now Oct. 30, 2018
This holiday season, it's time to party like it was 1929, or 1949, or 1969... Well, you get the idea... Read More
This Isn't the Most Important Election of Your Lifetime. Not Even Close Oct. 26, 2018
If you believe that a midterm election in a time of relative peace and economic prosperity is the mo... Read More
Again, We Fight for the Vote Oct. 25, 2018
Coretta Scott King saw this coming. "Struggle is a never-ending process," she wrote a year after her... Read More
Issues at Heart Oct. 24, 2018
Heart disease and stroke are the top killers in the United States, causing more than 2.2 million hos... Read More
What Gerald Ford Could Teach Beto O'Rourke in 2018 Oct. 20, 2018
When people learn that I have spent the past 50 years either working in or covering the past 13 pres... Read More
America vs. the World Is a Losing Game Oct. 18, 2018
The Trump administration is full of people who think that if you're making the rest of the world mad... Read More
The Irrationality of Baseball Fans Oct. 13, 2018
American philosopher Jerry Seinfeld famously exposed how irrational we American baseball fans must b... Read More
War History and Pristine Waters in the Faraway Solomon Islands Oct. 07, 2018
By Doug Hansen The Solomon Islands, a 992-island archipelago, sit northeast of Australia and about 6... Read More
We're Still All Shook Up About Elvis Oct. 04, 2018
Elvis lives! Well, artistically, anyway. A new show about the last days of Elvis Presley is opening ... Read More
The Unpardonable Heresy of Tucker Carlson Sep. 14, 2018
Our diversity is our greatest strength. After playing clips of Democratic politicians reciting that ... Read More
'Armstrong,' a New Comic Novel Aug. 31, 2018
I want to tell you about one of the funniest books I've read in a while. It's a novel called "Armstr... Read More
J.D. Martinez's 2nd Amendment Stance Isn't Controversial; It's Patriotic Aug. 31, 2018
Someone recently dug up an old pro-Second Amendment Instagram post by Boston Red Sox star J.D. Marti... Read More
How McCain Paved the Way for Trump Aug. 29, 2018
John McCain held Donald Trump in deserved contempt, and Trump mocked and detested him in return. But... Read More
Bad Men, Good Presidents Aug. 22, 2018
With the continuing hysteria about Donald Trump's presidency, a few questions come to mind. The firs... Read More
The 'Democracy or Republic' Fight Aug. 10, 2018
In the fourth century, the theologian Athanasius wanted Christians in the western Roman Empire to us... Read More
The First Family's Chain Migration Aug. 10, 2018
Given the foolish consistency that comes with being the hobgoblin of little minds, there was no chan... Read More
