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It’s Striking: Buyouts & The Washington Post
John Kelly — my friend, neighbor, and former editor on the Weekend section of The Washington Post –is taking a buyout. “KISS just wrapped up its ‘final’ tour and I’m…
Read MoreWhat’s Up With December 2?
What is it about December 2? Well, on this day in history: Britney Spears was born in 1981. The movie classic “Casablanca” was released in 1941.The Ford Model A was…
Read More“Lest We Forget” and “Content Warning!”
Lest we forget Today, Nov. 11, is Armistice Day, or at least that’s what it was called before it became in the U.S. Veterans Day and, then, thanks to the…
Read MoreKibbutz Kfar Aza – Now and Then
(Heart) breaking news, the Hamas massacre of 1,300 Israelis – mostly civilians and mothers, children, even babies, and the elderly – on Saturday, Oct. 7 – must not fade from…
Read MoreHappy 100th Birthday, Jimmy Carter. I knew you when.
Peanut farmer James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr., our 39th commander in chief often mocked as president but revered as ex-president, entered hospice in February and I began writing this in…
Read MoreFind Hope, Harmony, and Goodwill in “Hidden Maryland”
Couldn’t we all use a little Hope, Harmony, and Goodwill? Lord knows, these are trying times. Times of war, global warming… and who knows what lurks in the future to…
Read MoreGenerations: Past, Present, and Future
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about generations. My thoughts are prompted in part by much ado about President Biden, who is 80, and not enough ado about DJT, who…
Read MoreHarriet Newby’s “One Bright Hope”
“I want you to buy me as soon as possible, for if you do not get me some body else will,” Harriet, an enslaved house servant, wrote on this day…
Read MoreWash Post Aug. 9, 1974: Nixon Resigns; Larry Broadmoore Carries On
It was on this day 49 years ago — nearly half a century — that the front page of the Washington Post carried a simple large-font two-word banner headline: “Nixon…
Read MoreBobby Kennedy’s death, when hope turned to despair
It has been 55 years to the day since Bobby (referred to more formally as Robert F.) Kennedy died, the victim of an assassin’s bullet. The anniversary brings back personal…
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