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Ron DeSantis and his self-serving book ban

There was an ex-U.S. Marine who suffered a tragic death while trying to save the lives of the victims of a devastating earthquake in Nicaragua in 1972.HeĢƵ hailed as a national treasure by many Americans because of his professional skills and his sense of humanity.Roberto Enrique Clemente ...

Smokin’ Joe Biden!

A show of hands: How many of you like balloons?Let me back up.How many of you like menacing balloons, with unknown motives about 12 miles above your head?If you don’t, I’m in your camp.But with the keen-eyed efficiency of our U.S. military machine, I’m quite satisfied with that recent ...

Anatomy of a made-up conspiracy

After years and years of hanging around the news business, thereĢƵ one trick I admit I’ve never learned: I don’t quite know how to fashion a conspiracy out of thin air.I can say with confidence that I’ve witnessed the shoddiest of the conspiracy merchants these past few months.I’m ...

Read this: ItĢƵ ‘classified!’

I used to enjoy a good political scandal.Finding misplaced government documents doesn’t count.Back when they found hundreds of classified documents down there at Mar-A-Lago, that was a nice, juicy, eye-rollable event worthy of a column or two.But since President Biden and ex-vice president ...

What’s in a rhyme

Something happened last week that gave me a great deal of anxiety.Just before going to sleep, the words, “Step on a crack and break your motherĢƵ back,” popped into my head.That set off a flurry of thoughts about the origin of that phrase, and its lack of a meaningful interpretation.To be ...

Where do we go from here?

Technology is forever changing. And I’m forever struggling to keep up with it.ThatĢƵ not the first time I’ve expressed those thoughts.Back in February of 2007, I wrote a column for these pages about how modern inventions that once seemed indispensable are eventually cast aside for even a ...