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Ranch Tradition: Hanging On
The tools of a rancher’s trade are scattered around the office in Saginaw. Leather chaps, spurs, dusters, bridles, and sweat-stained cowboy hats hang on...
A Library for George
George W. Bush has apparently been painting pictures in his jammies and watching a lot of SpongeBob in recent years. He’s kept a low...
Cruz Ship: Off Course?
Well, that didn’t take long.
Or, as NBC broadcaster Andrea Mitchell put it recently, “Ted Cruz has made his mark already.”
If The Cruz were a...
Special Treatment
The toilet sat for years behind a thin privacy screen at the back of a special education classroom at Arlington Heights High School. It’s...
Where the Bears Are …
When you ask someone to imagine a gay man, images from TV and in movies have provided a pretty rigid stereotype: extremely appearance- and...
Lily Still Barking
Somewhere in doggie heaven, Lily the border collie is looking down with a beatific smile and saying, “Ruff ruff ruff,” which translates to either,...
Drones Don’t Kill Kids
Two months later, and I’m still thinking about those teachers and children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. I guess a lot...
Smooth Shaves, Rough Times
Race Street Barber Shop is in a time warp. Three barber chairs circa 1938 provide comfortable seats for shaggy visitors needing a clip. The...
Not-So-Sweet Arrangements
You need to know I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it,” the 60-ish man is saying, while insisting again that his identity be...
My Love Is Like the Sun: Cheap and Energy-Efficient
Is there anything sexier than saving the world? Heck, no. That’s why Static plans to spend its Valentine’s Day lunch hour at Avoca Coffee...
