Sept. 11 has been a date largely outside of politics this past decade. What would be remarkable is if it could stay that way.
Do you know those annoying, pretentious, patronizing Mac people, the indigestible elitists who swear by their little ivory-colored best friends, the ones who wear small T-shirts with clever slogans on them to work, the ones who schedule days off of work to watch Steve Jobs' keynote presentations and the ones who shake their heads in sympathetic bemusement at their friends with "drivers" and "security patches" and "several hundred dollars of Norton-based expenses"? Yeah, that's me.
Nothing could be worse than the mechanical mayhem of an English car. The yellow Fiat 128 at Bill’s was a beaut. I loved it. I called her Sophia.
Current criticisms of Islam makes me sick, because evil talk begets evil action.
When a 1-year-old came to visit, this mom of older kids had a sense of deja vu.
In His first public statement since conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck called for a religious rebirth in America during his speech to an enormous and impassioned crowd on Saturday at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, God admitted that He is wary of having His name dragged into yet another political battle and cautioned against reading too much into the weekend event at the nation’s capital.
“America today begins to turn back to God,” said Glenn Beck. It made me shudder.
As I walked through a store, listening to the radio play in the background, one song made me stop in my tracks.
There is a good chance many of our readers have a pair of binoculars or know someone with them. Even a lowly pair of binoculars are a valuable instrument for bringing you closer to the night sky.
Weekly canine Q&A, with advice on getting a new dog after a death and how to deal with a piddler.
There is an old expression that says, “People should work to live, not live to work.” That said, upon occasion, and within certain bounds, you should allow an employee’s personal life to take precedent over their job. The concept here is that if you have a good employee who is working through a difficult family, personal or health issue, you should help him or her out.
“They say the economy is on the upswing.” “They say it’s a great movie.” “They say that liver is an acquired taste.” You know what they say. But do you know who “they” are?
Career counselors everywhere are fielding this question: Should I go to graduate school to wait out the economy and re-enter the job market with stronger credentials?
The Environmental Protection Agency briefly considered a petition to ban lead in ammunition and fishing gear.
The man at the computer keyboard was staring at the monitor when he felt a tickling sensation on his arm where a fly had landed. “Beat it,” he said and blew at it without taking his hands away from the keyboard. The fly resisted the sudden gust in its direction and stayed put.
Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on buying “toys,” military investing and financing a small business.
There is a law of the universe that says that just when you think you’ve got everything checked off your to-do list, your dog will roll in something horrifyingly disgusting and you will have to squeeze in a trip to the dog groomer.
It's been five years since Katrina struck New Orleans and broken levees loosed water and all hell on the city.
Retirees and workers have differing views of how to invest and draw income from their assets. Retirees typically share a few major issues in common. They don't like losses. They are afraid of running out of money. They are reluctant to learn new things or change their vision of what they should do with their money.
