Cherokee. Or Cherokinda?
Warren’s dubious claim of Native American ancestry has ruffled feathers ever since she was elected to the Senate six years ago. No, it doesn’t hurt her in Massachusetts. They’ll vote for anyone up there.
Once A Safety Patrol Girl. Always A Safety Patrol Girl.
It was a responsibility that I took seriously. And I resented the high school kids who defied me when I ordered them to stop.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Connections and Conflicts
After reviewing the files, one obvious question jumps out: If they can’t vote, then why are they on the VBDA in the first place?
Boycott Boycotts
There are only so many Clint Eastwood, Vince Vaughn and Jon Voight movies a person can watch.
Whitewashing Washington and Lee
W&L will remove portraits of the school’s namesakes in military garb and replace them with paintings of the two generals mowing their lawns.
Trust Local Government? Hah.
Can you imagine being fearful that candidates promising to create a “level playing field” might emerge victorious?
Keep America Beautiful
Like most of you I was born after the Keep America Beautiful campaign was launched in 1953. And I’m old enough to remember the “Crying Indian” public service spot that was on television in the early 1970s.
Keep Your Drunken Hands Off My Liver
It's pretty simple to say we should deny livers to lifelong drinkers, and lung transplants to wheezing smokers. But once you take a step down the pathway to playing God, the footing gets pretty treacherous.
Heading Toward Happiness
I was secretly hoping they’d put little SG in a middle seat bookended by strangers. Hey, you buy a cheap ticket, you take the chance that you’ll be sitting next to a tiny chatterbox who’s not reliably potty trained.
To AARP Or Not To AARP?
They start launching these annoying solicitations decades before we reach that magic 50th birthday.
Late-Night TV Is No Joke
Today’s crop of late-night comics? Mean, nasty and profane.
We Were All Monarchs
A Cinderella team from Norfolk that took down a football powerhouse.
Playground Ready: Bubble Wrap, Knee Pads and Helmets?
In part, the policy says it is “advisable for young toddlers to wear a helmet while in the playground because they can easily trip and fall."
Coffee, Tea or Airline Jerkery?
In other words, a stampede off the plane with first-class dandies taking their leisurely time gathering up their Kate Spade carry-ons, and the hoi polloi jamming the aisles with their therapy chickens and steamer trunks, would proceed as usual.
Confession In Glacier National Park
He said his name was Mark. He was a retired house painter from Portland. He’d driven to the park with his son earlier in the week and they planned to head home the next day.