You would think that by now I would have learned to expect the unexpected from Donald Trump; but, no, I'm fooled just about every time some new scheme is proposed, or rather, is thrown against the wall for the public's edification. The president, or one of his legion of ultra loyalists in the ...
Q. I graduate next week! I can鈥檛 believe it. I鈥檓 sure you鈥檝e heard this before, but now that it鈥檚 over, I feel like the last four years flew. Will you please put this in your column? I know teens read it. I want to tell them that they need to enjoy high school. Stay away from drama and ...
As I approach an age that is significantly older than dirt, I realized that even though I know more about everything, I actually know a lot less about anything. When I was younger, I thought wisdom would be the reward for staying alive this long. Instead, it feels more like a flickering ...
Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor fallen veterans, is a red letter day for American labor - literally. On Memorial Day 1937, union blood was spilled in Chicago, when 10 were killed and nearly a hundred protesters were injured during a steelworkers' strike rally. It was a tragic, ...
Q. I have a question that you may not have an answer for, but my mom reads your column every week and she said maybe you could give me perspective. Evidently you taught her. I hope that doesn鈥檛 make you feel old! The problem is my gramma. She was my primary parent. My mom had addiction ...
My wife has a cold. That鈥檚 not normal. Here鈥檚 the worst part, it is a 鈥淣ick cold.鈥� You know, the kind where I usually try to dislodge a lung and crack a few ribs before it finally clears up. But, since this is about me, here鈥檚 where things got miserable. She asked me to go shopping. I ...
