As I recall, Halloween used to last for weeks.I鈥檓 74 years old. My memories of Halloween are about 65 years old. So, once again, to me, Halloween used to last for weeks.At my age, embellishment-laced nostalgia is oh, so soothing.Up there on Coolspring Street, we used to gather platoons of ...
Once upon a time, politics was a panoply of color, crowds, and, on occasion, good humor.Not today. Today鈥檚 politics is a grim, self-isolating business.The men and women running for high public office in the here and now are veiled by social media and TV ads from the eyeball-scrutiny of ...
Sadly, harsh language is becoming more and more commonplace.Intemperate outbursts can get you noticed. Apologies soon follow. That鈥檚 become the American way.Kanye West, that renowned rapper, who鈥檚 changed his name to just 鈥測e,鈥� knows how to generate headlines.Recently, a couple of ...
Barring an appearance by the now-subpoenaed Donald Trump, the House Jan. 6 hearings are over, and what have we learned? Nothing at all, at least from the viewpoint of Trump鈥檚 most rabid followers. Like the former president himself, they deny the validity of the Jan. 6 riot.The Capitol was ...
Herschel Walker was the 1982 Heisman Trophy winner at the University of Georgia.(Note: He happened to break at least five school rushing records that had been held by Uniontown鈥檚 Kevin McLee.Walker was also an Olympic bobsledder 鈥� and a mixed martial artist.He could even be considered a ...
We had a dog once upon a time 鈥� this would have been Riley 鈥� who took an instant liking to me. I walked in the house from work one day to discover a dog happily wagging its tail and following at my feet around the kitchen.I didn鈥檛 pay much attention. We already had a dog 鈥� good, ...
