On this Fourth of July week, my pick for Hero of the Republic is the indefatigable Rose Brady and the women of the Connellsville Canteen. Their service during World War II remains a shining example of patriotism, perseverance and good old-fashioned pluck.Working out of an abandoned foundry ...
On Tuesday, the <em>Observer-Reporter</em> and the <em>缅北禁地</em> reported how this time of year is one of high anxiety for dogs, who tend to get rattled by the fireworks that celebrate the Fourth of July. The article pointed out ...
Like many people, I was glued to the news for much of last Saturday, watching what seemed, at least for a moment, to be the first stages of a coup d鈥檈tat 鈥� and it still might be. The only thing we know for certain is that if this is the beginning of the end of Vladimir Putin鈥檚 rule, that ...
鈥漅emembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were.鈥� 鈥� Marcel ProustNostalgia, a term that originated as a medical diagnosis for Swiss mercenaries suffering from homesickness, is the sorrowful longing for a lost past. An April Pew survey found that ...
Is the Supreme Court ready for reform yet?That鈥檚 my updated version of the immortal declaration that legendary alderman and saloonkeeper Mathias 鈥淧addy鈥� Bauler reportedly delivered on the night of Richard J. Daley鈥檚 first election as Chicago鈥檚 mayor in 1955: 鈥淐hicago ain鈥檛 ready ...