Virtue’s disappearance in our public character
In 1993, William Bennett published an impressive anthology of essays, fables, poems and other writings titled “The...
Letters to the Editor: Protecting the unborn
I am writing in response to Mark Miller’s article, “To boldly go where this man has not gone before” from the July...
Raise red flags to prevent violence
“Red flags missed” was the headline of a recent Associated Press story about the July 4 parade shooting in Highland Park, Illinois.
I promise: I will not wait too long. I will not wait too long.
As a species, I believe humans have a default mode of “I’ll do it later.” Whatever “it”...
To boldly go where this man has not gone before
This week’s Saturday entry is way outside my comfort zone — perhaps even a different universe. For...
What happened at Roswell 75 years ago?
The front page of the July 8, 1947 “Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Record” seized the American imagination...
Moving with the times
The older some people got, history becomes more important.
Older people reminisced about “the...
The last of the ‘keepers’ — this might be one.
Know what I will miss most about newspapers when they’re finally gone forever?
The...
A perfect storm leads to a perfect moment
It’s funny the things you think about when you’re exhausted.
As I write this...
UCLA and USC in the Big Ten: Flunking college geography
So when I heard that the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Southern...