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When Butterball Turkeys Collide

This isn’t about my sister Selma. It isn’t even really about eavesdropping on Selma and her friend Ellen. It’s about girls and ..


A heroine for our times

She has the high cheekbones and long, lean body of a fashion model. She has the eyes of a seeker ..


Nine planets. That’s right. Nine.

Quick. How many dwarfs are there and what are their names? Stick out your fingers and tally them off: Grumpy. ..


Eyes Right

Because I live only half a block from the parade route, over the years, I have witnessed many upon many ..


A terrorist by any other name ... Part II

Continued from last week’s column: Insurgents, my Webster’s Dictionary has advised, attack a “civil authority or an established government.” They attack ..


A terrorist by any other name ...

Twenty-three years ago, a violent anti-technology, anti-materialism, anti-government group that called itself MOVE embarked upon a campaign of terror that ..


Shave and a haircut ... two bits

On my way to brunch today, I walked past Joe’s Barbershop and, without thinking, gazed through the window. I had ..


Character sketches

It is a common misconception that all fictional characters are based on an author’s friends, foes, or family. In fact, ..


Not exactly Lassie

I got an interesting letter from my brother the other day. It started, “Everybody loves pet stories, and since very ..


A wordsmith stands in awe of spring

I was lying in my bed this morning, more accustomed to the distant din of traffic than anything that would ..


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