Is our society safer or less safe because of guns?
My next door neighbor recently told me that he began to ‘horripilate’ while watching local TV news last week. I said, “Gee, that’s too bad” – and then immediately ducked into my house to look up the word “horripilate.”
What’s the most overused word in government? My nominee is “investment.” In the real world an investment is when you spend money to make more money. In the political world, it’s simply what public officials say when they want to spend money without actually saying that they want to spend money.
Writer stayed true to principle of profession
What is there about Enumclaw High School’s wrestling program?
Good news arrived in my High Point Village newsletter – Tuesday was No Housework Day.
Wow. Did Dan Decker really say nudity “can harm the eyes?” And all this time I thought it was that other activity that was usually done alone. In private. Who knew? Thanks, Dan, for saving my eyesight. I’m forever grateful.
What’s the most overused word in government? My nominee is “investment.” In the real world an investment is when you spend money to make more money. In the political world, it’s simply what public officials say when they want to spend money without actually saying that they want to spend money.
Good news arrived in my High Point Village newsletter – Tuesday was No Housework Day.
My byline appears, accompanied by a photograph, with this essay. It’s also the name that’s on all my important papers and cards: birth certificate, driver’s license and Costco. But it’s not the name my family calls me. No, that would be “Mr. Rump Roast.”
Last night’s carousing among local bars left me severely hung over this morning. I awoke feeling unrested, lethargic and so muddle-headed I couldn’t concentrate on any particular thought for more than 10 seconds.
Former journalist Richard Kluger said, “Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer to authoritarianism; when a great one goes, such as the New York Herald Tribune, history itself is denied a devoted witness.” (Kluger worked as a journalist before becoming an accomplished Pulitzer Prize-winning author and book publisher.)
Imagine you and your family sitting down to dinner when there’s a thunderous knock at the door. You open the…