Back to school.
Around here, most kids are heading back to school today. It seems so early for it to be happening. At the end of the school year in May, I was…
Truman, Adams and Koala Blue.
Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, but it feels as though those I most admired while growing up are leaving us quickly these days. We have lost two great talents.…
“I don’t want to die.”
“I don’t want to die.” Those are the words from a little girl to her mom about starting first grade. I’m doing a story today about security in local schools.…
“Like sounds through the hourglass…”
Those are the words spoken by the late Macdonald Carey to start the soap opera “Days of our Lives.” He died in 1994, but his voice on that show lives…
Worth it?
Was U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan worth it? It depends on who you are talking to. By now, you probably know that Pelosi stopped in…
Nichelle Nichols
I woke up Sunday thinking about Nichelle Nichols. I was just wondering about her. Later, the alert came across my phone. She had died. Strange how these things happen, right?…
The price of war.
I saw a number yesterday that just jumped out at me. More than 75,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since it invaded Ukraine on February 24. That’s 75,000…
Closing in.
I watched Lester Holt’s interview with Attorney General Merrick Garland last night. A big part of the interview had to do with January 6th. As you would expect, the attorney…
“Sure could use a little good news today.”
There’s an old Anne Murray song that had as one of its lyrics, “sure could use a little good news today.” Now, while good news doesn’t necessarily sell newspapers or…
Too hot.
It’s too hot. Too hot everywhere. Why? The New York Times has an interesting piece today on surviving a heat wave. It also talks about how we got here. Climate…