Every goddamn day: 04/30/25

DALL-E AI program       No column in the paper today. I asked if the column could run a little long — okay, almost twice as long — in order ...

    Assessing reality is my stock-in-trade. I can't afford to let illusions and ego guide me. Thus it's natural for me to acknowledg...

                        "Yet why not say what happened?"                                                 — Robert Lowell         T...

     "Go to Target, get yourself a pair of glasses," ordered my wife, bustling in the kitchen Monday morning, getting ready to lea...

In 2017, visitors to Carbondale paid $25 apiece to look up in Saluki Stadium.      "Turkey in the Straw" is a terrible song. Grati...

     Regular readers know I sometimes deploy big words. Usually it's a natural process. When comparing two diverse elements, I call it a...

       Prejudice is a blend of ignorance and fear.      That doesn't get said nearly enough.      You're a stupid person, viewing th...