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Reconnecting across the years through cyberspace
March 22, 2009 I never meant to join Facebook. From time to time people invited me to sign up for the Internet social-networking site so...
Mar 22, 20092 min read
Proud newspaper tradition more humble these days
March 8, 2009 I loved newspapers long before I began writing for one. I was one of those kids perched on a bar stool, feet dangling,...
Mar 8, 20093 min read
A safe place for traumatized folks who battle mental illness
February 22, 2009 Eleisha is friendly and open in conversation even though we’ve only met once before. She's soft-spoken, candid and...
Feb 22, 20093 min read
A very sweet inaugural indeed
January 29, 2009 “The Other Inaugural,” a poster in our living room, is a memento from my time in Washington, DC. It's a print by Garry...
Jan 18, 20093 min read
Those with little often give much
December 21, 2008 “Dark, sweet cherries, 2 pounds for $43…. Giant strawberries, 1.5 pounds for $55. …Black mission figs, 1.5 pounds for...
Dec 21, 20083 min read
Let's call a truce on the imagined war over Christmas
December 10, 2008 I don't know why everything looks like war to some people. What Sen. Chris Buttars sees as a war on Christmas I see as...
Dec 10, 20083 min read
Obama's election has produced an ugly backlash
November 23, 2008 The downtown neurosurgeon's waiting room needed a style makeover but at least the magazines were current and they had...
Nov 23, 20083 min read
Election is over, now we know: Yes, we can!
Jubilation, ecstasy, elation, prayerful gratitude, drunken giddiness, righteous celebration, overwhelming joy. Laughing-crying happiness....
Nov 9, 20083 min read
Republicans are real Americans, Democrats are too
Thank heavens I saw “Boogie Man” last week; it was good prep. It’s a documentary about Lee Atwater, Republican Party dirty-trickster,...
Oct 26, 20083 min read
Women, don't be fooled - Sarah Palin is a bridge to nowhere
September 21, 2008 Barracuda. A slimy predator. One thing about the barracuda: She has inspired a lot of new feminists, such as Sean...
Sep 28, 20083 min read
I (heart) Barack Obama
September 28, 2008 I’ve received so many invitations this week! When you write a column saying what you think of Sarah Palin that can...
Sep 28, 20083 min read
Evidence of our national stupidity just keeps piling up
August 24, 2008 A helpful postcard from Sen. Orrin Hatch arrived the other day. The topic: the upcoming transition to digital television....
Aug 24, 20083 min read
Text-messaging while driving exacts a terrible toll
August 10, 2008 I was just sitting here at my computer when word came that Stacy had died. Even worse, she had died a year ago but I...
Aug 10, 20082 min read
My cancer year taught me how lucky I really am
July 20, 2008 I’ve waited a year to write today’s column. When diagnosed with breast cancer last July, I talked with friends who went...
Jul 20, 20083 min read
Gays’ struggle to wed echoes interracial unions
June 16, 2008 On June 12, 1959, my parents, Richard and Mildred, got married. Another Richard and Mildred, this pair in Virginia, were...
Jun 16, 20083 min read
After hijacking U.S. for almost eight years, Bush is finally irrelevant
May 28, 2008 I’m sure you remember a hijacking years ago that changed everything in our country. After that terrible event, the feelings...
May 28, 20083 min read