By Dick Polman Journalists have been debating how to most effectively cover a defeated ex-president who lies as he breathes and aspires to restore his reign by any means necessary. Donald Trump has an iron grip on his cultish party, so it’d be a dereliction of duty to ignore him – and the existentia...

By Tom Purcell An anti-diet movement is afoot? Where can I sign up!   According to the Wall Street Journal, more people are taking a more reasonable approach to dieting that lets them be healthy while staying at their non-skinny weight.   The WSJ article features people who tried a variety of differ...

By John Micek On Jan. 6, 2021, Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle was at his desk at the Longworth House Office Building, near the U.S. Capitol, when he heard an enraged mob, fueled by a former president’s false claims of fraud, making its way up Independence Avenue. Boyle and other Pennsylvania lawmaker...

by Elwood Watson Last week, a Lafayette, Louisiana judge resigned from her position after she and members of her family appeared to hurl vile racist slurs on camera. A surveillance video showed people inside former city court judge Michelle Odinet’s home laughing and giggling, gleefully saying the N...

By Peter Funt The pastiche of new state laws taking effect as the New Year begins underscores how different we are — at least in the eyes of legislators — on matters small and large.   In New York State, for example, Styrofoam containers for takeout food are now prohibited by law, as are those pesky...

By John L. Micek WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — An appropriately picturesque walking bridge connects the Visitors’ Center at Colonial Williamsburg to the meticulously recreated historic site about a mile away. And every step along it is a step backward into our tangled, jumbled, and often painful history as a ...

By Peter Funt In an interview promoting his new movie “Being the Ricardos,” about the beloved sitcom “I Love Lucy,” writer-director Aaron Sorkin referred to Lucy’s “Friday audience taping.” I suppose even a media maven like Sorkin should be forgiven for bollixing terminology about motion pictures. W...

By Megan Wehring 374 miles. Five hours and 51 minutes.   That’s how far away I live from my parents. Now, that may not seem that far in your eyes or it could deter you from getting in the car and making the drive. As for me, I would do anything to go see my family anytime of the year. I’m especially...

By John L. Micek To say there’s a lot riding on the U.S. Supreme Court’s eventual ruling in a case challenging Mississippi’s restrictive abortion ban is a galactic understatement. If, as currently appears the case, the court effectively topples Roe v. Wade, the 1973 precedent that declared a constit...

By Rich Manieri I received a letter from prison the other day. That’s right. Prison – joint, slammer, big house. It never occurred to me that some of my readers might be incarcerated. It has, however, occurred to me, at least based on the email I receive, that some should be. Nevertheless, when I lo...