I’ve mentioned in earlier columns that Martha and I don’t really think we travel all that much, but [...]
Jan 24 2013
I do a lot of reading, but I just get too many magazines, and there’s no way I can read them all. Th[...]
Jan 17 2013
When you see what I’m writing about this week, my guess is that you’ll say I don’t have enough to do[...]
Jan 10 2013
As we begin a new year, I am purging a pile of recent news stories that I feel I should pass along, [...]
Jan 03 2013
In our years on earth, most of us have attended lots of weddings and funerals. It’s a good bet that [...]
Dec 27 2012
Christmas, in addition to its religious significance, can be a time for memories. Lots of us have re[...]
Dec 20 2012
There are people around with so much money that they don’t know how to spend it, although I can’t sa[...]
Dec 13 2012
Just because you see it on television doesn’t make it so. We’re all familiar with program-length com[...]
Dec 06 2012
Warning: The U. S. Food and Drug Administration has not reviewed the following for accuracy. When yo[...]
Nov 29 2012
With acknowledgement to Jeff Foxworthy, of “You may be a redneck if …” fame, I offer this: You might[...]
Nov 21 2012
After lots of driving experience and multiple license renewals, do you think you could pass a driver[...]
Nov 15 2012
The 2013 Federal Duck Stamp has a local connection. Duck stamps, as hunters know them, really are wa[...]
Nov 08 2012
Pity the poor TV viewers around the District of Columbia and Las Vegas. If you think we’ve got it ba[...]
Nov 01 2012
Yo-Yo Ma’s artistry includes hugs and kisses. The cello maestro spent several days in Stevens Point [...]
Oct 25 2012
I don’t know about you, but my handwriting has become terrible. I’m embarrassed to pick up a pen and[...]
Oct 18 2012
A road trip to Alabama in late September and early October brings with it some visual splendor. Espe[...]
Oct 11 2012
What’s it like to write a weekly newspaper column? It’s not something I’ve given much thought to – I[...]
Oct 04 2012
In case you hadn’t noticed, it costs you more to sneeze and blow your nose these days. We’re all vic[...]
Sep 20 2012
Perhaps the biggest potential development in the future of American television that almost no one ha[...]
Sep 13 2012
Some of us make mistakes. Mostly, we don’t like to admit them. I’m willing to do so, because somebod[...]
Sep 06 2012