I just found out my Aunt Janice passed away. She wasn’t really my aunt; I think she was a second cousin, but no matter, she had a talent for always showing my parents and me a memorable time whenever we were with her.

I just found out my Aunt Janice passed away. She wasn’t really my aunt; I think she was a second cousin, but no matter, she had a talent for always showing my parents and me a memorable time whenever we were with her. I remember the time we went out to see her, she lived on the East Coast and she drove us into an Amish area so we could see the boxy, black horse-drawn buggies with the orange triangle reflector on the back; we stopped at a farmers market and bought juicy, ripe peaches and a shoo

It is amazing to think that it’s been over a year since we began our mad hunts for toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and Lysol wipes -- back when Zoom calls were still a novelty. We’re at a very different place now in the rolling tide of pandemic time.

It is amazing to think that it’s been over a year since we began our mad hunts for toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and Lysol wipes -- back when Zoom calls were still a novelty. We’re at a very different place now in the rolling tide of pandemic time. We tend to mark our lives in “before” and “after” periods of time – things like, “Before I went to college” or “After the kids were born.” Last March, the firm “Before the Pandemic” marker was set in our minds. What followed next, for most of us, was

Give DeKalb County is next Thursday, May 6, which gives you a week to do your research before you vote with your dollars.

Give DeKalb County is next Thursday, May 6, which gives you a week to do your research before you vote with your dollars. Our county has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to nonprofits and the directors and the volunteers who make them go. But the reality is the impact of those organizations hinges on how well they're funded. So check out the list of more than 100 nonprofits at GiveDeKalbCounty.org. Find the organization, the cause, and the important work that means the most to you, and

Does your political life feel like you’re slogging through piles of horse manure? Perhaps my perspective about cleaning the barn will bring an image to mind that might help.

Does your political life feel like you’re slogging through piles of horse manure? Perhaps my perspective about cleaning the barn will bring an image to mind that might help. You need special tools—a pick that has tines spaced about an inch apart--the plastic ones hold up better than the metal--a scoop shovel, a broom, and a muck bucket or wagon. We invested in a wagon because trips to the manure pile are tiresome. My pick easily slides under those round balls. I sift the clean shavings and dump

The President convened a commission to consider "reforms" for the Supreme Court. This was a dreadful mistake, for two reasons.

The President convened a commission to consider "reforms" for the Supreme Court. This was a dreadful mistake, for two reasons. First, this is simply a petty example of retaliation. It is a petty example of "tit for tat"--a disease for which currently we have no vaccine. Does anyone believe that if Republicans had not rammed through Barrett to replace Ginsburg literally days before the election that Democrats would be doing this now? Republicans violated a tradition then, and Democrats now rush