Like many of you, I have a wish list for the coming year.
Cartoon by Frank Shiers.
I have always been fascinated by the titles we Americans have bestowed on our towns and cities over time.
“Carbon footprint” was the crowning achievement of an advertising campaign.
“Mister Whale!” the voice said in an elevated register.
What I couldn’t get across to him — I tried — is that you can be the best on the planet at what you do, but if you can’t get along with other human beings, you won’t get anywhere.
I was 22 years old, and in my second year at the University of Washington that fateful day, one of my Classics professors, without knowing it, helped put a name to my dreaded affliction.
I was listening to the radio on the way in to work the other day when I caught a discussion…
Auburn police received $38,323 in funding for the department’s fireworks emphasis patrols from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Before we put the veterans back on the shelf until the next observance, I think it’s worthwhile to consider a few of the things they have done for us that we may have forgotten.
On Veterans Day, honor those who served your country.
Lately I have found myself overwhelmed.
I have always believed that bigotry and hatred are tumors on the soul that need to be cut away. We should not marinate in them.
When I ask my students when the next election is, frequently they will say “November 2024” or whichever presidential year is coming up next.
“We did not expect you to make it,” doc says.
You read about them in the papers, see them on the television and the net, hear them on the streets.
By Jayendrina Singha Ray, Guest columnist
It is plain to me in looking at dogs small and large that a decent share of them are exemplars of love on Earth, innocents who love unconditionally and love their chow.
Next to gasoline and diesel, natural gas also has the greatest number of refueling stations.
I have been thinking lately about those “Deep Thoughts with Jack Handey” bits on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s.
