Elected officials might deserve raises, but not this way

As parents, more than once my husband and I told our then-teenaged daughter, “It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up.” Looking back...

Consumer financial protection gone awry

The crises of recent years tend to erase from memory those that preceded them. 

Good advice from Mitch Daniels

If you were a hall monitor back in your school days, I apologize for the insult, but I did not care for...

Angelkeep Journals: A chance of 10,000 lifetimes

What are the chances of a native, common, juvenile, red-tailed hawk spending an entire hour posing on the Angelkeep patio two to...

It seemed like a good idea — 25 years ago

Believe it or not, August 31 is the 25th anniversary of the traffic accident that robbed the...

Reflecting on Jessica’s last day

As I write this...

Angelkeep Journals – The next-best natural phenomenon: Brood X

For survivors of the eclipse comes summer’s round two of the supernatural. “You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension...

Don’t be fooled by savvy scammers

We’ve all received them - those phone calls from numbers you don’t recognize. There’s a good chance you may have even answered...

The things that really matter

I have met a lot of people. Most are acquaintances. Some are great friends. A select few...

Five-percenters are our best hope

Americans demand answers to important questions. (I guess that may be a bit of...