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Mercury Retrograde Warning Mar. 05, 2019
When you think about it, weaponry has developed vastly over the course of human history, but words a... Read More
'New And Contrite Hearts' and Other Necessary Stuff Mar. 05, 2019
Hoping for a knockout blow to battered, bedraggled remnants of the Confederate army, the starched an... Read More
Food for Naught Feb. 27, 2019
Breakfast is said to be the most important meal of the day. After all, it's when you literally break... Read More
Nobody Knows Who Will Be the 2020 Presidential Nominees Feb. 23, 2019
Peter D. Hart, the respected Democratic pollster who has perfected his trade through his work in the... Read More
Trump Courts Trouble in Venezuela Feb. 21, 2019
When it comes to foreign policy, it's never clear whether American presidents have forgotten past fa... Read More
Love of Country Feb. 14, 2019
In the next few days, we will celebrate both Valentine's Day and Presidents Day. These holidays brin... Read More
Extra Credit Feb. 13, 2019
Researchers at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands wanted to better understand the p... Read More
You Deserve to Have a Life, Too Feb. 08, 2019
Dear Annie: I am a live-in caregiver for my grandmother, who is in failing health. She has five chil... Read More
Time to End the Shameful Strand of US History Feb. 07, 2019
Four hundred years ago this summer, colonial America's first representative assembly was convened in... Read More
A Fortuitous Encounter With Al Michaels Feb. 06, 2019
During a recent NFL playoff game, veteran NBC sportscaster Al Michaels reported that an official's p... Read More
Do We Really Still Need Black History Month? Feb. 05, 2019
Every so often, even now, somebody asks why America needs a Black History Month, which kicks off tod... Read More
The Past Can Determine the Present, Future Feb. 04, 2019
In African culture, the griot, or storyteller, repeats the old stories and passes knowledge on to th... Read More
Frederick Douglass and Voting Rights Feb. 01, 2019
I have been reading — more accurately, listening to — David Blight's new biography, "Fre... Read More
The Deep Meaning of Groundhog Day Jan. 31, 2019
Saturday is Groundhog Day. It is the day when many eyes will turn to Gobbler's Knob, a wooded hill a... Read More
Campaigns Do Matter and Can Change History Jan. 26, 2019
In 1960, when John F. Kennedy was running for the White House against Richard Nixon, winning Democra... Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Crippling Tax Proposal Jan. 25, 2019
When it comes to resolving issues surrounding income inequality, Democrats want it both ways. They s... Read More
Don't Be Judgy about 'Backflash' Jan. 23, 2019
Some random dispatches from the Word Front, including one from the War Front: Flashback to "Backflas... Read More
Legislature Can End Controversy Over Silent Sam Jan. 23, 2019
It's the 21st century in most of North Carolina, but the University of North Carolina system's Board... Read More
In the Annals of Tone-Deafness, These MLK Observances Deserve Special Note Jan. 23, 2019
Monday's federal holiday should have been about honoring the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Ki... Read More
We Don't Like Anybody, Do We? Jan. 22, 2019
As the luminous Texas writer John Graves observed a few years back: "The Unco Guid and the Rigidly R... Read More
