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Why You Can't Believe a Word Anti-Abortion Politicos Say Jul. 19, 2023
Unfortunately, it's 1984 again in America. Not the year. The book. George Orwell's classic novel tel... Read More
History Repeats Itself -- Almost Jul. 19, 2023
We all know history doesn't really repeat itself, but it sure does echo through the decades and cent... Read More
Come and Learn During Reservation Visits Jul. 16, 2023
By Victor Block The man scowled menacingly as he danced toward members of the crowd who watched him ... Read More
History Lives on in Notable Locations Jul. 15, 2023
By Victor Block Talk about new dining experiences! World travelers Ron and Debbie Newmark have sampl... Read More
Reflecting on Our Past and Projecting into Our Uncertain Future Jul. 10, 2023
For 247 years, America has consistently demonstrated itself to be the last bastion of freedom and ho... Read More
History Lives Along the Lower Mississippi River Jul. 09, 2023
By Victor Block Our room rivaled those in many an upscale hotel. Food and table settings were five-s... Read More
Shipboard and Shore Excursion Fun on the Mississippi Jul. 08, 2023
By Fyllis Hockman I've been on several boat trips — a barge cruise in France, a Danube River c... Read More
Reflecting on Our Past and Projecting into Our Uncertain Future Jul. 06, 2023
For 247 years, America has consistently demonstrated itself to be the last bastion of freedom and ho... Read More
The Founders Were Right Jul. 06, 2023
In our politically contentious era, it's popular to claim that the Constitution is outdated; that it... Read More
The Roberts Court: Something Rotten Under the Robes Jul. 05, 2023
Picture us as peasants in medieval Europe again. We have no human rights, a concept far in the futur... Read More
Post-Covid Cruising With Longtime Friends Jul. 02, 2023
By Sharon Whitley Larsen "We've all survived! We survived a few years of the pandemic!" The theater ... Read More
Fun Along the Delaware River Jul. 01, 2023
By Bonnie and Bill Neely We have returned again and again to the picturesque, historic towns along t... Read More
The Arc of the Moral Universe Just Wobbles Around Jun. 30, 2023
No one knows whether last weekend's Wagner Group uprising means the end of President Vladimir Putin'... Read More
The Land of the Free Jun. 30, 2023
As we head to Independence Day and a celebration of this nation's founding, the angry chorus of hate... Read More
The Secret History of 'Wokeness' Jun. 28, 2023
In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There," Humpty Dumpty scornfully ... Read More
From Stonehenge to Canterbury to ... Jun. 28, 2023
It is not a tremendous distance from Stonehenge to Canterbury — less than 150 miles by modern ... Read More
Clown Show: House Republicans Censure Adam Schiff, and It's Perfect Jun. 27, 2023
In his 2021 book "Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could," Rep. Ad... Read More
The Supreme Court Forces a Reckoning for Women Jun. 21, 2023
WASHINGTON — We lost the war on women, ever since the days of groovy Gloria Steinem as the lea... Read More
Indulge Your Interests While You're on the Go Jun. 17, 2023
By Victor Block When Marion Beatty mentioned to a fellow birdwatcher that she was considering a vaca... Read More
Answering a Raft of Moot Questions Jun. 14, 2023
Q: What's your opinion on double possessives? When describing Huckleberry Finn and Jim floating down... Read More
