A 1949 Broadway musical by Rogers and Hammerstein, “South Pacific,” contains a profound song lyric. The song is “You’ve Got […]
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Just the tip of the iceberg
Las Vegas, N.M. — where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are […]
Just how cold was it?
How many times have you played a leading role in a real-life winter pageant? You need to gas up your […]
A primer on expressions
It’s been only in my adult years that I’ve come across the term “Black Friday.” I’ve heard several explanations as […]
Lots of zeroes in a billion
Listening to a radio broadcast on population trends in the U.S., I was amazed at how anybody could possibly understand […]
They searched in vein
Although it’s now a few days past Halloween, the subject of ghosts, goblins, gore and blood are still relevant. The […]
49 cents can be a dollar
A penny was a lot in my youth. As a child, I used to count each one, hoping the number […]
‘Mockingbird’ flares up anew
There’s a bit of irony in the following, which concerns a re-heated topic of racism, as shown in the decision […]
Pity the comma chasers
I pity today’s comma chasers. They’re (we’re) the ones whose job is tantamount to digging a dozen 6-by-6-by-6 holes with […]
Do we plant eggplant?
A few weeks ago this column introduced the two Foreign Exchange students who are spending the school year with us. […]