Opinion

A Lesson from Catch-22 Joseph Heller penned his classic novel, Catch-22, about World War II in 1961. It became legendary during the Vietnam War. Knowing most reading this column have

Common Sense Check: When Plain Talk Disappears No doubt my Millennial children will inform me that my frustrations are little more than an old man complaining. From my perspective, the

Some stories come across my desk that make me pause, sigh, and whisper the most Southern phrase I know: well bless your heart. This week’s entry into the “What Were

Recently, one of my brothers and I exchanged views on a variety of matters, including the standard by which to define excellence. His view was that it had largely been

The Myth of the Sleeping Centrist Last week, I attempted to use hard data in an effort to disabuse folks of the notion that there was a sleeping giant number

In a World of Thunder, Be the Sparkle Over the weekend, we watched Song Sung Blue — a wonderfully chaotic, tender story about a Minnesota couple in love who perform

It was anything but fire and brimstone, just the slow, predictable unraveling of yet another regulation that never learned from the chaos it created. The Fall of the “Endangerment Finding”

When the Flag Comes Down, We’re Still One Team As the Winter Olympics came to a close yesterday, Team USA is heading home with something to celebrate: 12 gold medals

A “Strategic Restructuring” or a Strategic Wreck?When the Washington Post laid off one-third of its already dwindling staff, including the entire sports department, foreign bureaus, and book reviews, leadership framed

There are many things happening in the world right now. Important things. Serious things. The kind of things that make your eye twitch when you check the news before your