Opinion
Here’s a theory on the fate of conspiracy theorists | Whale’s Tales
If you try to reason with people like that, that the conspiracy they are going on about isn’t…
Opinion
It’s time to laugh instead of cringe at politicians | Whale’s Tales
As humorist and social critic H.L. Mencken wrote, “A man who can laugh, if only at himself, is…
Opinion
What sort of learning really matters when it’s all over? | Whale’s Tales
It will be about what does not perish when we do.
Opinion
Renewing a call for marking the White River’s past | Whale’s Tales
In my first column for this newspaper three years ago, I wrote about one of my historical fascinations.
Opinion
Thoughts on Memorial Day and the ultimate sacrifice | Brunell
On Memorial Day, we traditionally honor Americans in our military who gave their lives in battle for our…
Opinion
Here are some troublesome aspects of chemotherapy | Whale’s Tales
As readers of this column may know, I have terminal cancer.
Opinion
Energetic puppy flummoxes all-thumbs owner | Whale’s Tales
I had contrived to reach 62 years of age without the big event.
Opinion
Incredible memories of not-so-incredible edibles | Whale’s Tales
After more than 56 years, I can still smell and taste the rubbery things.
Opinion
My heroes include Dickey Betts and Merriman Smith | Whale’s Tales
I admire these guys for very different reasons.
Opinion
Let’s all paws and appreciate the wisdom of dogs | Whale’s Tales
I’ve heard people say that human beings are the only creatures that know they will die.
Opinion
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives | Whale’s Tales
It seems I got to be a geezer awful fast.
Opinion
Snake oil salesmen thrive in the social media age | Whale’s Tales
Like Teddy Daniels, a former candidate for Pennsylvania lieutenant, who is prominently featured in a series of doomsday,…
Letters to the Editor
Nuclear devastation and the Marshall Islands | Letter to the editor
Letter to the editor.
Opinion
Once upon a time, there was a local journalist | Whale’s Tales
I could call up any large chain store in a city and talk to someone without being told…
Opinion
If you’re right, and you know it, then read this | Whale’s Tales
As the poet Theodore Roethke once wrote: “In a dark time the eye begins to see…”
Opinion
The wit and wisdom of Mrs. Whale carries on | Whale’s Tales
I have not written much in this space about my mother.
Opinion
Foreign languages often find a better way to say it | Whale’s Tales
“Learn a new language and get a new soul.”
Opinion
The key thing is what we do with our imperfections | Whale’s Tales
I have said and done many things of which I am not proud. That is, I am no…
Opinion
Songs trigger memories of growing up in Auburn | Whale’s Tales
That’s what happens whenever I hear the opening notes of Bruce Springsteen’s wonderful “My Hometown.”