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Inside Your Pet's (Literary) Brain Dec. 27, 2018
This is the time of year when we think back on what we're thankful for — e.g., our beloved pet... Read More
Too Much Attention? Dec. 26, 2018
The rate of diagnosis for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children has nearly doubled ov... Read More
Do You Know Dad's Wishes? Dec. 19, 2018
You've been entrusted with making difficult health care decisions for older loved ones. It's a great... Read More
Most Wasted of All Days: One Without Laughter Dec. 15, 2018
Most American political leaders would agree with the poet e.e. cummings, who wisely wrote: "The most... Read More
Carols to Wring Out 2018 Dec. 13, 2018
It's time to sing — or scream. Let's sing. Frosty the Traveler (to the tune of "Frosty the S... Read More
A Look Back at the Words of 2018 Dec. 12, 2018
My goodness, what a year we had, With mayhem, storms, and fires so bad. Our language seemed to fall ... Read More
Cherry-Picked Nov. 28, 2018
The Food and Drug Administration is charged with defining what is and is not a specific food. Right ... Read More
Short Takes on Not-So-Funny Humor and Not-So-Fun Flights Nov. 20, 2018
A little chess humor. Very little. In the world of chess, Fabiano Caruana is like Tiger Woods, Tom B... Read More
A Brave Navy SEAL Sets a New Tone Nov. 16, 2018
Republicans seeking a future leader should get to know Dan Crenshaw, the former Navy SEAL elected la... Read More
Major Trouble Nov. 15, 2018
Whoops! Looks like you made a big boo-boo, way back in college, when you chose your major. At the ... Read More
The Stranger in My House Nov. 07, 2018
Dear Annie: I'm wondering whether you have a copy of a piece that I believe was in an Ann Landers co... Read More
Get in Line Nov. 07, 2018
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that on any given day, more than one-third ... Read More
Humor Is Dead, And I Don't Feel Too Good, Either Nov. 05, 2018
The columnist, pouring flop sweat like Brett Grabanaugh at a #MeToo meeting, seizes the microphone s... Read More
Losing the Remote Nov. 01, 2018
The Gallup Poll wouldn't lie to you. According to Gallup, 43 percent of people in America's workforc... Read More
Not Taking Oneself Too Seriously Sep. 08, 2018
Mostly missing from the moving and deserved tributes to Sen. John McCain was attention to McCain's g... Read More
Keep It Light Aug. 29, 2018
"She makes me laugh. We have fun together." "Just being with him is fun." It's more than possible th... Read More
Spurred of Mouth Aug. 29, 2018
Ever notice how wounds in the mouth heal faster than similar injuries on skin? Some scientists recru... Read More
When Politics Was Fun Jun. 02, 2018
On Sept. 26, 1960, when Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy and his Republican opponent, Richard Nixo... Read More
Full Moon Debriefing May. 30, 2018
Before you act on what you heard during yesterday's full moon, note that some may have leapt into di... Read More
State of Disease May. 02, 2018
The Journal of the American Medical Association just published a study by the U.S. Burden of Disease... Read More
