A grotesque computer-generated graphic covered the front page of the Sunday Styles section —nothing but bottles of glossy, rainbow-colored pills. It alerted readers to a piece on page 5, where Casey Schwartz mused on why…
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This morning I was roused out of a sound and rare sleep by my wife blowing her nose. It was 2:18am. With our 1.25 year old enduring the trials of cutting teeth, we haven't been…
I wish I had a time machine. I would teleport a small delegation of Ben Franklin, Tom Jefferson, and Button Gwinnett from their sweltering labors at Independence Hall — then known as the Pennsylvania state…
He wears granny glasses, not to be hip bought him a paperback Tao Te Ching A Specialist 4 on a Korean trip Oh, Radar O’Reilly of thee I sing If Hot Lips is snitching and…
Fort Campbell, on the Kentucky/Tennessee border, is home to the 101st Airborne Division. “Go out Gate 5 at Fort Campbell and Jenna’s Adult Superstore is right across the street.” So begins Ron Lieber’s tour through…
As I reported to you last month, there’s a proposed law that would require oil refiners to disclose their per gallon profits on a monthly basis. The bill recently already passed out of the California…
Someone said “the unexamined life is not worth living” but if we scrutinized our own we’d mostly realize the whole existence thing was hardly worth the bother. Examine this: Why does it take so long…
Graphics in the Times are usually mediocre and many take up more than half a page – a total waste of ink and newsprint. But the front-page photo on June 25 was poignant and revealing.…
In one of the more memorable phrases ever uttered in a headline Washington event, a uniformed, “handsome” young military man will long be in memory. When questioned about his mission to the Middle East, he…