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The UK is governed by an assortment of laws, traditions, and treaties, which are called “The Constitution.” No comprehensive document...

Rely on planning but never trust plans.—Dwight Eisenhower Our virtues lose themselves in selfishness as rivers are lost in the sea. –La...

Critics with scientific backgrounds are questioning it. A key early book was Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution ...

The Navy has traditionally exuded an image of discipline, great uniforms and professional competence - especially aboard ship.   My ship,...

No matter how low your opinion of Washington DC, it’s nothing compared to Washington DC’s low opinion of you. Bad news: Chinese hackers...

Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. -- Dorothy Parker I can resist anything except temptation. —Oscar...

The First Congregational Church in Moline, Illinois, has a large capacity but on a special day decades ago only standing room remained as...

When I worked in Paris for United Press, I got to know Aline Mosby, a celebrated journalist who had been in their Moscow bureau. There,...

1.      Local Council Approves New Housing Development At last, real hope for housing 2.     Company Announces Quarterly Financial...

Decades ago, I purchased a coffee table book ranking the most important individuals in human history. With Christianity boasting a...

In public debates “white paper” presentations assume facts and logic to be persuasive, addressing readers who are open minded,...

"Golf is not a game. It’s bondage. An obsession. A boulevard of broken dreams. It plays with men. And runs off with the butcher."—Jim...

“Call Me Ishmael.” In only three words, opening the novel Moby Dick, author Herman Melville hooks us. It is a masterpiece of...

How to beat the quarantine blues           They say a new one is coming.   1.      Introduce indoor tackle football. 2.      Play “Rock,...

Author James Michner sent us a strong signal, but we didn’t notice.      At one level, the novel explores the political conflict with the...

As an exercise, I tried to coax interesting personal items from taxis drivers in Chicago during the short time we had together.      ...

The encyclopedia salesman who was a prophet The old man at the bar seemed friendly enough, so we got to talking. The sad state of...

The cotton gin was an ingenious piece of technology, mechanizing the backbreaking job of picking cotton by hand. However, its...

For someone whose writing has been prophetic, witty and powerful, his pathetic formal education should have been fatal to any career,...

Before the Dawn , Recovering the lost history of our ancestors by Nicholas Wade How a child’s scalp ticks changed everything. A...