When cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin returned to Earth in 1961, after the first manned spaceflight, Soviet leaders claimed he said: “I went up to space…
One hundred and twenty-five years ago this September, an eight-year-old named Virginia O’Hanlon asked her father if there really is a Santa Cl…
Recently I read an essay by the novelist John Updike entitled “Letter to a Baby Boomer.” The baby boomers are defined as those born between th…
MONTREAL — Listen carefully at the most storied corner in Canada, right here where Atwater Avenue meets Saint-Catherine Street. Every hockey f…
Much of the nation’s political and commentary class had a near-nervous breakdown when 48 Venezuelans who had crossed illegally into the United…
Suppose you’re a football fan, celebrity watcher, or just like to keep up with current events. In that case, you probably know this past week …
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to airlift 48 migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to the island resort of Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., last wee…
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Well, there goes the United States Air Force.
I see so much negativity. Think about this: Two years ago, we couldn’t go anywhere, we didn’t have a vaccine, and our friends were sick or dyi…
During the private funeral of her husband, Queen Elizabeth II sat alone near the St. George’s Chapel altar, socially distanced from her family…
I used to love the first weekend of autumn. Now I loathe it.
I was living in Uganda in East Africa when I had my 44th birthday. My Ugandan colleague who was a few years my senior got a big kick out of th…
John Fetterman, aspiring to be junior U.S. senator of Pennsylvania, recently held a rally in the suburbs of Philadelphia.
The first day of fall is upon us! The leaves are changing color. There’s a slight chill in the air. Pumpkin spice is the flavor of the season.…
“No problem.”
The past few months have been quite warm, but I don’t mind the heat. In fact, being from the deep south, I rather enjoy it. We are blessed her…
Have you noticed that when some political candidates and elected officials speak, their words often ring hollow? It’s almost as if they aren’t…
The Etowah Historical Commission spent the past year digging into Etowah’s early history in preparation for a new booklet that will be publish…
To paraphrase an old saying: “Hell hath no fury like an admirer deceived.”
I reached a milestone a few weeks ago, on Aug. 25. I turned 68. That’s not the milestone, however, even though I’m grateful for the longevity.
The heavens and the earth will pass away? Sez who? The simple answer is that God said so. But there’s so much more.
Do you ever look at other parents and wonder if they feel it too? Exhausted. Frazzled. Just trying to stay one step ahead of everything. How d…
I’ve been called a lot of things in my life, some of them endearing, most of them not.
On Nov. 8, voters will return to the polls to elect our next governor, congressman, and state legislators. In addition to these important deci…
I saw a billboard recently for a psychic who would reveal your future. I just laughed.
It isn’t every day that one of the creators of a political thriller gets to ask its real-life protagonist to evaluate the novel’s plot.
Food insecurity is having a lack of regular access to healthy and nutritious food that is necessary for normal growth and development.
“The past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past.”
