Today is Thursday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2025. There are 146 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 7, 1974, French highwire artist Philippe Petit performed an unapproved tightrope walk between the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York, over 1,300 feet above the ...
How nice to have the Sydney Sweeney "great genes" controversy. It is happily of no consequence, which is just what we need for escape from unhinged behavior spilling out of Washington. Donald Trump's sending nuclear subs toward Russia, a likely distraction from his tangle with Jeffrey ...
August is usually downtime in Washington. Congress is in recess, the heat and humidity contribute to the desire to escape town for cooler weather, the president is normally somewhere else and cable news is focused on shark attacks. Not this August. Cable news, especially, along with some ...
When I was in high school, rarely was an insult worse than calling someone "fake." "Gosh, I love your shoes," a girl might say, sitting next to you in chemistry, simultaneously giving you a side-eye that communicated much more convincingly that she did not, actually, love your shoes at all. ...
WASHINGTON — I have a pet peeve about news coverage of mass murder. When the story breaks, cable news anchors report, as they first did after last Monday's shooting in Midtown Manhattan, that the killer's motives were unknown. What do mass shooters' motives matter? When killers leave ...
Opposed to senior meal millage To the Editor: I am writing to voice my opposition to the proposed senior meal millage being requested by Copper Shores. While supporting our seniors is an important priority, it’s difficult to justify this new tax when Copper Shores already has $80 million in ...