Columns

I still remember one of the houses that my parents almost bought back in 1970.

Democrats in Philadelphia just came through a bruising mayoral primary, which is basically the city’s general election.

The Media is reporting that: 1) Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the government has an “X-Date of June 1st where the government could become unable to pay bills on time—and a failure to pay holders of U.S.

I just had a birthday. My 83rd. No, no, no, I’m not looking for any more congratulations. Like most of you who are on social media, I’ve been overwhelmed with good wishes. Yes, I do have to realize that I’m not going to live forever.

Meme: “A cultural item in the form of an image, video, phrase, etc., that is spread via the internet and often altered in a creative or humorous way,” explains Dictionary.com.

Steamboats revolutionized travel on the waterways of south Louisiana and did wonders for the economies of the places they visited. Unfortunately, one of their biggest drawbacks was that they had a marked tendency to blow up

There is a loneliness epidemic in the United States, but there are some simple ways we can address it.
A few weeks ago, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report titled “Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation.”

Fifty-one years ago, the national Democratic Party and its presidential nominee were characterized as the party of ”acid, amnesty and abortion” in one of the more devastating, effective and enduring slogans in American political history.

She was only 18 when rheumatic fever damaged her heart.
The doctors said she’d be lucky to live into her 40s — that she was no longer strong enough to bear children.
Lucky for my five sisters and me, she ignored them!

Sometimes it’s difficult to approach news items with the proper balance of bemusement, curiosity and wariness.