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by | Jan 4, 2017

Monday, I wrote about trucks and the New York Times reporters who are mystified about the Texans who own them….

by | Jan 2, 2017

Texans love trucks. I know, I’m a Texan, and I own a truck. It’s a 2002 Chevy Suburban with north…

by | Dec 30, 2016

If you kept your sanity through 2016, you either paid no attention to the presidential campaign or you were heavily…

by | Dec 30, 2016

Since I graduated from college in 1978, I’ve spent virtually my entire career in publishing. Naturally, I was interested when…

by | Dec 30, 2016

The obligatory annum-ending column that traffics in fresh nostalgia (the stalest kind) gets a double-dose of it in 2016, the…

by | Dec 19, 2016

By now you’ve probably heard that a hapless gang of brain-dead students at the University of Pennsylvania — an Ivy…

by | Dec 16, 2016

When was the last time Benedictine nuns rocked your world? Well, since 2012, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the…

by | Dec 12, 2016

It may seem out of place as we approach a holiday celebrating the birth of the Prince of Peace to be reviewing a book on boxing, which is a good deal less than a peaceful activity. But within living memory of many Americanos — myself included — boxing was a popular and respected sport with a large following here and abroad. I know that while Ike was snoozing in the White House, my dad and I would never miss Friday Night Fights on that new-fangled gadget called television. (“The Gillette Cavalcade of Sports is on the air — look sharp, feel sharp, be sharp.”)

by | Dec 7, 2016

Washington When I heard that Bob Dylan had received the Nobel Prize for literature, I was mildly surprised. He writes…

by | Dec 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton lost the presidency. To salve the briny wounds, the left will have a winner, dammit. They will have…

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