Beginnings, Endings, and the Words in Between

In some places—like Tennessee—it has become invisible. It would be pleasant to avow that since the election of Joseph Biden, we no longer...

First, let me admit something: I didn't listen to the whole "song." I also didn't research the performer's claim that "And Justice for...

Not that long ago, QAnon was the ultimate example of foolishness. Even in a world that loves conspiracies, this cult of dimwitted...

One year, early in my teaching career, the students—like those in most schools—were called upon to elect a class president. In the week...

Vladimir Putin may very well live in the darkness of a world that exists only in his mind—the world of some ethereal Mother Russia, where...

—Everything. Everywhere. Almost All at Once The Cochran Library report has finally put to rest the question of whether or not masks...

Imagine you're sitting in a theater as Hamlet arrives at its pivotal point and the protagonist ponders whether or not to go on living. He...

Most of us are accustomed, maybe even inured, to seeing earthquake damage in distant countries and telling ourselves—oh well, poor...

I will not deny that Donald Trump did more to hurt America's reputation and the American ethos both at home and on the world stage than...

It is difficult these days to mark a low ebb in politics. We stand on the shore and watch as the tide goes out and out and out, and then...

Today marks a week since an NFL player from the Buffalo Bills, Damar Hamlin, died on the football field and was quickly brought back to...

In the 1980 film Airplane, the Lloyd Bridges character says to a concerned female passenger, "Your husband and the others are alive, but...

This past Friday, I had the pleasure of participating in an event called Learning Adventure Day at the high school in Plainville, where I...

Doc Martin, recently concluded its decade-long, somewhat disjointed, but consistently entertaining run on various television venues. Like...

Ever since Hillary Clinton had to walk back her use of "deplorable" to label Trump supporters in 2016, all of us never-Trumpers have been...

After every mass shooting, Republicans and gun nuts (you won't need a Venn diagram to see the overlap) have complained ad nauseam about...

I don't have much to do with the LGBTQ+ world. I'm retired, and since I'm no longer in the workforce, my interactions with people occur...

Exploiting tragedies is nothing new for politicians. One can easily point to the proliferation of anti-gun sentiments on the left after...

My Uncle John gave me music lessons when I was a child. Piano, clarinet, he was proficient in both (and more) and worked hard at his...

If you visit fifth congressional district candidate George Logan's web page, you will find endorsements from practically every Republican...