There’s a reason why Little League and other youth sports organizations require players to show a birth certificate proving their age. There’s a reason why hospitals now...
Lying by and about politicians is a regrettable and probably permanent feature of American democracy. But should it also be a criminal offense? The Supreme Court has agr...
WASHINGTON — Everybody’s doing it — confessing their youthful, pot-smoking ways — so here goes.
I don’t remember.
Kidding, kidding. Anyone over 30 recognizes the old ada...
Here is what’s known to the public about the pending privatization of the Sunnyview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center:
• The decision to sell Sunnyview won’t be made th...
When my wife informed me that Target had been the target of a data breach during the holiday season and we might be among the 164 gazillion people affected, my instincti...
Recently I found myself in the intensive-care unit perched above a 91-year-old man plunging a large needle into the side of his neck to place a catheter into his jugular...
The opportunity to make a young woman's high school prom night extra special was the thinking behind 300 donated dresses that were offered at no cost last weekend at Com...
When recent headlines roared that Fallujah had fallen to al-Qaida, the American public became mildly interested, recalling U.S. troops’ 2004 fight for control of the cit...
WASHINGTON — Here in your nation’s capital, things are not always what they seem.
There is great excitement that an actual “budget” has been hammered out in Congress, av...
This week, we saw a classic example of how Congress operates, especially when it comes to reducing spending: Spend now, plan to reduce spending later — much later, unles...
