Don’t answer that! Let it go to voicemail. That’s probably the best advice there is for coping with robocalls. Matter of fact, it’s not only the best […]
Opinion
Respecting life at the end of it
“God be good to him — we sure weren’t,” was the prayer that came to mind when I saw the news that Vincent Lambert had died. He […]
A Woodstock wedding, a dream fulfilled
My son Ben and his fiancée Lindsey are planning a wedding in a reclaimed Catskills barn in Woodstock, shot through with light from a galaxy of knotholes. […]
Trump’s right: Citizenship a big deal
In backing down from his plan to include a question about U.S. citizenship on next year’s census form, President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to the […]
Trump has a pet currency; it’s not bitcoin
When Donald Trump’s former adviser, Steve Bannon, praised Bitcoin last year as “disruptive populism” and revealed he was working on his own cryptocurrency, it was evidence of […]
More than mere exercise in nostalgia: Apollo 11 at 50
You had to be there 50 years ago, and I was. As a young reporter for a local TV station in Houston, I frequently visited NASA (“the […]
Her skills not tied to ‘male traits’
BY RON BOONE The Baltimore Sun The inspiring victory of our Women’s World Cup soccer team took me back to my days coaching girls’ 13-16 softball in […]
‘Flash-floodier future’ cannot just be turned off
It may turn out yet our West Virginia hills are good for something besides admiring. For those living atop them or on their slopes that may still […]
Something for everyone on milestone
I feared that the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first manned moon landing might get eclipsed by other celebrations, but apparently the sky is the limit for […]
Difference between open mind and empty one
A man named Josef Buzhminski told this story at the trial of Adolf Eichmann. It happened on July 27, 1942, at the fence of the Jewish ghetto […]
