A guy I knew in college once told me, as I struggled to make a point in a dorm lounge argument, that I had “the verbal acuity of shampoo.” The put-down was so devastating that it immediately ended discussion. I … Continued
At a family gathering in Huntsville, Alabama, I was stung by the divisive image on my 16-year-old relative’s T-shirt. When I lamented to my sister, she gently said “Jie (“older sister” in Mandarin), remember, we are all a product of … Continued
By DANIEL WALTERS/InvestigateWest SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The first time Denys’s children heard fireworks go off in Spokane, Washington, they were terrified. His kids had grown up about 20 miles from the Russian border, in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, … Continued
There’s a certain irony in the fact that President Donald Trump announced his silly $15 billion defamation suit against The New York Times scant days after a federal appellate court dismissed a similar claim against Fox News. That lawsuit was … Continued
‘In my opinion …’ In light of the horrid assassination of Charlie Kirk, and, unfortunately, similar murders in the past few years, the after cry is always “tone down the rhetoric.” Easier said than done, but perhaps not if we … Continued
Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler will headline a fundraiser this weekend for the Yellow Ribbon Alliance of the Lower St. Croix Valley. Drummer Steven Adler waves during an April 15, 2012, performance after Guns N’ Roses’ induction into … Continued