Compounded Trouble
I’ll admit it-I’m a student loan debtor . Big time. And like most of you I’m not expecting forgiveness anytime soon. My loan woe A…
Ask Mr. Flag
My other name is Mr. Flag. It’s true?I’m a closet vexillologist . I study flags. I guess you’d say that qualifies me as a geek.…
Exit Stage Right
Wind Dummy? The writing was on the wall for all environmentalists the day Secretary of State Colin Powell called EPA director Christine Todd Whitman President…
The Price of a War Journalist’s Life
No doubt a sad page has been turned as a result of U.S. troop actions that led to the death of three journalists last Wednesday…
The Name Game and Big Tobacco
When a corporation like the Philip Morris Companies changes its name, is it a change in deed or just in word? As the umbrella company…
They’re in the Army Now
Do “embedded journalists,” that is, those assigned to cover and travel with a particular military unit, make for balanced war coverage? As a journalist I…
Support the Troops, Uncle Sam
No matter how patriotically we adhere to the slogan “Support Our Troops,” it is to the US military that the slogan should apply the most.…
Lust for Life
Could it be that “lust” is one of the good seven deadly sins? Possibly the only one that is? I love the word lust because…
Thanks, Boss!
Just when you think you’ve heard it all comes this nugget: Joblessness may be good for you. This curious theory comes courtesy of University of…
Doubting Teresa
Can there be any example more illuminating about what faith demands than Mother Teresa’s recently revealed crisis of faith? Crisis of faith…and Mother Teresa? Yes,…
