A great debate is under way in New York about how to fill the space Osama made. Filling that hideous gap in the world’s most well-known skyline is no easy assignment, to be sure. Several competing philosophies have come to…
Tennessee may be most appreciated for country music and whiskey — and, come to think of it, despised for the same reasons — but the state is also notable for its politically correct citizenry. Over the course of the past…
Wise investors are noting a story from this week’s front pages: A panel of experts is recommending that depression screening become part of every American’s standard check-up. Depression, the panel says, goes widely undiagnosed, and with quick and proper detection…
Those of us living in the hayseed regions are rarely hard up for entertainment, with all the corn to shuck and the animals to skin, yet we are beginning to agree with some analysts that the world of talk radio,…
There is jubilation in some quarters that the suspect in the murder of Netherlands political figure Pim Fortuyn is an animals rights activist. At this writing, it is believed the suspect undertook his foul deed because he opposed Mr. Fortuyn’s…
Down here in Virginia the finer citizens are toasting Governor Mark Warner, who has stepped forward to apologize for the state’s former policy of sterilizing the “unfit.” The governor issued the apology on the 75th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s…
Among the many glories of middle age is the perfection of the act of snoring. While some of us may snore just a bit, others of us come into our own as truly magnificent snoring machines. We become legendary. Which…
The zero-tolerance mania has claimed many victims, the first being common sense, quickly followed by reason, sound judgment and respect for authority. Now they’re going after potato cannons. Can these vital elements be removed from society without causing deep and…
We don’t read the New York Times down here as much as we used to, partly out of disappointment. When former Southerner Howell Raines took over the paper, we hoped the Gray Lady might recover some of her lost dignity….
Spring brings many delights, but for those who live in the suburbs spring is also the time of year when the dread Yard Authority (YA) rises from its winter slumbers. Members of these militant organizations are sometimes called Yard Nazis;…