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Honesty is worth some brashness
I was working the night shift at Wire Rope several years ago when the foreman told me there was a woman at the front door wanting to see me. The foreman knew my wife and if it was her, he would have said so. He didn’t say she was wearing a deputy sheriff’s uniform and carrying a subpoena, either.
An education in the realm of reform
Given the often forgetful nature of advancing years, a memory of names from more than 40 years ago surprises me.
Motivations seem clear on the beach
One story goes that Cucumber Beach got its name in the 1950s when a Floridian showed up in British Honduras to while away the winters and grow vegetables for export to the United States.
The Web version of friendship
Somebody asked a bunch of people online if they thought I was goofy. Another person asked if I’d look better with longer hair. Yet another person asked if I lied all the time.
People can send message about savings
Americans still regard their bar-code culture with a wary eye. Scanners at the checkout line quicken purchases, but buyers watch the readouts, sure a discount or sale price will get missed in the merchandise database.
Outsiders and ticking under a table
Alfred Hitchcock knew how to navigate suspense. From his shape, the legendary director looked capable of navigating a restaurant menu.
Bag-Head for City Council?
It looked like Bag-Head Jheri, the Messanie Street philosopher, walking proudly out of City Hall as I drove by Tuesday morning. But instead of his usual trash-bag-saddled attire, he sported a three-piece suit with spats on his shoes and his greasy, activator-laden perm in full-dripping regalia.
Our nation safeguards all contempt
Along a stretch of interstate that I used to travel quite often, a billboard carried a one-word message.
What's the big deal, East Coast?
Nice people try not to make light of the misery of others, but sometimes you just can’t help yourself. Lately, I’ve been reading with some amusement about the blizzards and wintry weather that has pummeled the East Coast in recent weeks.
A bad week in the world of wieners
Culinary history stands as one of the lesser known disciplines of academe.
Guest column: Civic pride ran amok with 1900 census
Los Angeles, Portland, Ore., and St. Joseph — what do they have in common?
A newsroom that looks like America
I read an online article the other day that said less than 10 percent of all daily newspapers adequately reflect the demographics of their communities.
No control, but a value in preparation
The number, for anyone interested in the accounting of catastrophe, stands at 198. That many years ago, the last of the New Madrid earthquakes rattled the southeastern part of Missouri.
Enough already with Tiger's troubles
Tiger Woods finally held a news conference last week and apologized for causing the scandal that has torn his family apart and, at least for now, derailed his golf career.
New brand takes chill out of season
Word came last week that the war in Iraq, almost seven years old, has a new name.
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