As luck would have it, the official publication date for this piece is Feb. 14, aka Valentine’s Day. So I...

I have noticed that as my friends and I get older, we spend more and more time talking about our...

“A new study made at University of Washington suggests that global warming seems to lead in fact to more insects....

I’m not on Facebook. I know that may put me in the minority in the United States and could get...

Writer’s note: Though I generally write humorous columns in this space, at this time of year I typically do one...

(Sung to the tune of “The Times They Are A-Changin’”) “Oh, come all you people wherever you are And please...

“Gen. John R. Allen, the top American and NATO commander in Afghanistan, is under investigation for what a senior defense...

I, like so many people, am cursed with envy. I look around and think that everyone seems to be doing...

I know that cars are getting a bad rap these days, mainly because they are a major factor in destroying...

I had a sobering experience some time ago at one of our local eateries. The restaurant sold this paper, and...

For many years as a college teacher I taught a course titled The Psychology of Language. Amazingly, even with that...

When you’re expected to write something funny every two weeks, it’s not easy. Just pick up a newspaper, and you...

How things have changed since I was young! I remember when my first child was born, way back in 1964,...

I had written the first draft of what I thought would be my next column and I showed it to...

One of the numerous joys of modern life is being put on hold when you call almost anyone. My mother,...

I hate teasers. But even as I write that I realize that my very title is something of a teaser....

“Give many men thine ear but few thy voice.” -- William Shakespeare   Yes, Shakespeare had a good point, which...

They say ideas are a dime a dozen, and that may be true, though that sentence was probably first uttered...

“Why so large cost…” -- William Shakespeare, Sonnet 146   Though it’s pretty clear that capitalism is here to stay,...

Is it just me, or does anyone else get annoyed when, on a day like today (Monday, April 16), when...