A n old friend recently told me about a remarkable conversation she’d had with her mother, who is 95. A white resident of the Deep South from birth, she’d shown a lifelong indifference, if not aversion, to politics. Her daughter describes her racial attitudes as being characteristic of her generation – never a hater, but […]

You wouldn’t figure there’d be enough people interested in wearing purple lipstick to keep the product afloat. Then you go to a hard rock or heavy metal concert, look around, and think, “Oh. There it all is.” To think I’d come so dangerously close to forgetting about the freaks. I don’t say “freaks” in any […]

There are two things in my life that border on obsession: sports and politics. I get my fill of the first thanks to my job as the sports editor here at the Journal Tribune – and through way too many hours of listening to sports talk radio and watching ESPN. The second is something that […]

Donald Trump is fond of giving his opponents demeaning nicknames. Lyin’ Ted. Little Marco. Low- Energy Jeb. Now, with his own words, he’s labeled himself: Dangerous Donald. In trying to demonstrate his fluency in foreign policy, Trump gave lengthy interviews last week to The New York Times and Washington Post. A close reading reveals an […]