They’re Giving Me Agita
Agita is no ordinary type of heartburn. To get agita, you really have to work at it. No little purple pill can make it easily go away because agita begins at the toes and...
Grandpop and Race
Critics of Barack Obama believe he threw his white grandmother under the bus by pointing out her racial insensitivity. Obama tried to explain that most complex of relationships, where you fiercely love someone of...
Fighting the negativity
I blew my stack recently at someone who suggested he wasn't going to vote because the three major candidates running for president all "suck." All of us have heard a friend or relative or...
Uncle Nunzi in spring
Uncle Nunzio looks forward to spring, even more than most people. He owns a small house in Wildwood, N.J., one that holds a treasure of family memories. Each year when spring arrives, Uncle...
Letting the generals decide
When President Bush ran out of answers for Iraq about a trillion dollars ago, he decided to defer to the military. "The Decider" no longer decides when we leave Iraq, that's up to Gen....
Cell ban while driving
"No. It don't matter because people are going to do it anyway."
P. Dub,
17th and Wharton streets
"Yes, because it's a safety hazard. Speakers are OK, but ear to phone is not happening....
Ralph Nader
"He's stealing votes from the ones who should get in."
Nancy Carter, 17th and Moore streets
"Nothing. We're all confused on who we're going to vote for because I don't see anyone to vote for."
Viola...
McCain’s folly
A myth is growing in this presidential campaign that gives credit to John McCain for being right about the War. So the story goes: McCain pushed for the surge and, in doing so, we...
The Big Satin Heart
p>Anybody my age will tell you Valentine's Day wasn't as big a deal when we were growing up. People didn't buy expensive jewelry for their sweethearts -- maybe an inexpensive little charm from places...
Caroline Kennedy endorses Obama
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It wasn't so much that Caroline Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama, it was the way she endorsed him. This was no perfunctory endorsement, the kind we hear all the time from politicians jockeying for a...
