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Job-shamed ‘Cosby Show’ actor exposes addiction to judging
It was called a “feel good” story, but it was all about feeling bad. A 50-year-old woman was shopping with her 40-year-old wife at a Trader Joe’s in New Jersey. At the checkout counter, they noticed a slightly heavyset cashier with a graying beard. He was...
No surprise Urban Meyer guilty, yet forgiven
When Urban Meyer stood to read his “apology” at a news conference last week, he looked like the bully who was forced to say he’s sorry to the skinny schoolkid. He raced through it and sat back down, as if to say, “OK? Satisfied?” It is the behavior of someone who only...
Aretha Franklin’s voice will live long after her death
Death has no ears. A journalist wrote that more than 100 years ago, on the passing of a beloved Spanish guitarist named Francisco Tárrega. Only a force incapable of hearing, the writer claimed, could ever erase such music from the world. When Aretha Louise Franklin...
If a free press is the ‘enemy,’ then who is your friend?
“(The people) have a right, an indisputable, unalienable, indefeasible, divine right, to that most dreaded and envied kind of knowledge, I mean, of the characters and conduct of their rulers.” — John Adams, 1765 President Donald Trump last week called many media...
Alan Trammell, Jack Morris always belonged in Baseball Hall of Fame
Pitchers and shortstops. The cornerstones of a baseball defense. One strikes ‘em out. The other throws ‘em out. In Little League, the pitcher and shortstop can be the same kid (usually the best player on the team). But come the majors, pitchers and shortstops couldn’t...
Blockbuster is near extinction — and so is a daily experience
They were blue and yellow and you could see their signs from far away. At their peak, they averaged nearly 100 per state, and it felt as if there was one on every corner. We joined their ranks. We had their membership cards. We knew their hours. They were called...
World Cup 2018 fever finds an unlikely patient
The last time I played soccer I was in ninth grade. I took a pass from a kid I’ll call Leon, who was the star athlete at our high school, and with the net wide open, I proceeded to kick the ball halfway to the nearest McDonald’s. “You suck!” Leon yelled. I never...
Father’s Day with others’ children still touches heart
PORT AU PRINCE , HAITI – As I write this, on Father’s Day weekend, I am overlooking a small courtyard of 46 children. Some are barefoot. Some run in circles. One pushes a wheelbarrow. Six or seven are reading. Several girls are having their hair braided by nannies. A...
Casey Mize takes it slow; what a pleasant change
The Detroit Tigers made Casey Mize the No. 1 pick in the 2018 MLB draft earlier this month. Yet, Mize isn’t rushing to the big leagues, which is an approach I can support.
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