3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (753+ words) All stories are not equal. But we all equally live in stories. Who we are we know by the story we tell ourselves. We spin the points of meaning we meet into a yarn, and the yarn we weave into…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (209+ words) The Department of Justice alleges that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) funneled millions of dollars to members and associates of the Ku Klux Klan and other such outfits through fictitious groups and by relying on prepaid gift cards to…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago   (676+ words) A few days ago, I was jolted by the radio news that Israel, the USA, and Iran were entering a two-week period of a cease-fire to discuss a lasting end to the Israel/USA/Iran war. The effort was led…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (182+ words) The Washington, D.C., chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, an organization that claims to uphold the ethics of the journalism industry, is giving ex-Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah the Distinguished Service Award. Attiah gained notable public attention for being fired…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (410+ words) Israelis woke at 8:30 AM on Saturday to the sound of a nationwide siren. There was no imminent threat. It was the Home Front Command’s wake-up call to the nation that the Israeli military had carried out joint strikes with the…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago   (327+ words) The Murder at World’s End By Ross Montgomery (William Morrow, 323 pages, $31) British writer Ross Montgomery has several successful children’s books to his credit. On the evidence of The Murder at World’s End, his first book for grownups, he needn’t return…...

9+ mon, 8+ hour ago   (601+ words) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is a better boss the second time around. The first year of Trump’s first term was chaotic: The turnover of his “A-Team” hit 35 percent, according to an analysis by Brookings Institution visiting fellow Kathryn Dunn Tenpas....

9+ mon, 4+ day ago   (376+ words) Talk about a match! There on a Kennedy Center red carpet in Washington D.C., was President Donald Trump honoring Rocky himself — his “Ambassador to Hollywood” Sylvester Stallone. (RELATED: Can Trump Make Hollywood Great Again?) The film, which perfectly captured the plight…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (189+ words) He almost certainly has his eye on the White House, and even people like Bill Maher realize that he is the kind of person who has the potential to fix much of what ails most Democrats. All of which brings…...