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- Sep 22, 2013
- 3 min
Layoffs are cutting newspapers’ brain, heart
More than a year ago, after an early morning appointment, I stopped for breakfast with just my Tribune for company. The friendly waiter...
- Jun 30, 2013
- 3 min
Gay marriages are a lot like all marriages
One October night, late, I wrote my signature. I was tipsy, exhausted, and joyful. Downstairs in the art gallery, our wedding reception...
- Apr 21, 2013
- 3 min
What does a woman REALLY want?
Underarm laser hair removal! Purses! Botox! Cleaning products! These apparently are What a Woman Wants. If there’s one thing I would...
- Mar 31, 2013
- 3 min
Vets suffer while Bush regards his toes
George W. Bush, now retired, thank God, has lately been home, making paintings of himself. In my favorite one, he’s in his bathtub. We...
- Mar 17, 2013
- 3 min
A springtime dog story
Wisteria. Fragrant, lovely, and a source of shade. Fond of all those qualities and seduced by a cool arbor at the nursery one sweltering...
- Jan 20, 2013
- 2 min
Worth Celebrating a 2nd Obama Inaugural
Four couples sat in the late September air in a wonderful back yard, enjoying drinks and anticipating a delicious dinner. It was just a...
- Jan 13, 2013
- 3 min
5-year cancer milestone worth celebrating
I first wrote about cancer long before I was diagnosed with it. In fact, I wrote several columns about it in one way or another: Breast...
- Dec 18, 2012
- 3 min
Our approach to gun ownership is sick
Frantic parents, slaughtered children. Adults who chose to devote their careers to teaching and caring, murdered. A community terrorized....
- Sep 29, 2012
- 3 min
Recalling long-lost Mom as she once was
It’s been eight years since my mom died, and another five before that when she wasn’t living, if you know what I mean — and I know a lot...
- Sep 9, 2012
- 3 min
Obama makes me proud to be a Democrat
Someone once told me a certain charter school in Utah forbids sharing among its students, instead rebuking young children who offer to...
- Sep 2, 2012
- 3 min
GOP candidates offer nothing to the 99%
Faux indignation was the main strategy at the Republican convention. Anyone who watched President Obama flub a line of a talk in July,...
- Aug 5, 2012
- 3 min
Sometimes it only takes 1 to make a difference
During the summer, an 8-year-old goes to work with his dad in a grimy used auto parts store in East Los Angeles. His dad’s business is...
- Jul 15, 2012
- 3 min
All sides fair game in satire of politics
July 4th parade in Huntsville, Utah, population 608. Parade entry: A limousine escorted by teens dressed as Secret Service agents, a...
- May 6, 2012
- 3 min
Sadly, kids aren't the only cruel bullies on the block
After you’ve seen an 11-year-old pallbearer shouldering his best friend’s casket, and after you’ve heard the story of his friend’s...
- Apr 22, 2012
- 3 min
Women's rights? Out come knitting needles
I took Alice, my visiting mother-in-law, for a ride in the Avenues one day, heading to Hatch’s for a chocolate fix, when we stumbled upon...
- Mar 18, 2012
- 3 min
Hilarity reigns in the fight to control women
Woman to pharmacist: I need some birth-control pills. Pharmacist: Of course. I'll just need the prescription from your congressman. Q:...