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Hold the urchin tongues, let’s cook like Grandma
'Tis the season to do cooking. And the holidays are when folks yearn for the old classics, just like ones we…
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The zen of Thanksgiving
Editor's Note: The following is a revised version of a column first published in November 2002. Thanksgiving is the most…
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Yoga pants: The fashion police go both ways
He thought the readers could use a break from the election craziness and so sent a lighthearted letter to his suburban paper…
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Trump is a phony on immigration
Donald Trump's recent rant against all things Mexican followed hard upon his promise of a gentler approach toward most of…
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Is the left really wary of Clinton?
The hard left can be an unforgiving crowd, not always mindful of the give-and-take required to get things done. Donald…
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There’s no Bernie Revolution without Bernie
One hesitates to discuss the small group of Bernie Sanders followers throwing tantrums at the Democratic convention. Some 90 percent of Sanders…
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In manufacturing, Americans are back in action
Reports of NASA's Juno spacecraft's entering the orbit around Jupiter lit a sparkler in this American heart — on…
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Orlando is why we need surveillance
The FBI had the Orlando gunman under watch — twice — and, after much consideration, decided to stop following him. Was this a mistake?…
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Puerto Rican bonds and the small investor
The TV ads flash the noble faces of American retirees and urge Washington to help protect their savings. The back story is…
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The early American dream house
They demand granite countertops. We don't. They abhor 20-year-old kitchen cabinets. We don't notice they'…
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Dress codes and female dignity
How many among us recognize the name of Yolande Betbeze Fox, the Alabama beauty who died recently at the age of 87?…
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Don’t bury our cities in mega-towers
Many longtime residents of San Francisco, Miami and other hot U.S. cities complain of "Manhattanization" when developers put up…
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Let 18-year-olds drink
In America, alleged land of freedom, a 19-year-old soldier just back from Afghanistan can't sidle up to a bar and legally order a beer.
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On Puerto Rico: ‘yes’ to bankruptcy, ‘no’ to bailout
Puerto Rico is sinking in $73 billion of debt. Mired in a long-running depression, the U.S. territory has already cut…
