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The flag game The most vigorous defenders of the flag always bring up “heritage” and “Southern pride.” They cite the bravery of fallen ...

The “Get a life” edition On July 24, 2014, Daily Kos observed the forty-fifth anniversary of the conclusion of the Apollo 11 moon miss...

Although Perry can't count to three The seven-college Dallas County Community College District is one of the biggest post-secondary ...

Where is an editor when you need one? Perusing the San Francisco Chronicle over breakfast this morning, I lit upon an article on the i...

Not always for sale Remember California's Governor William Matson Roth ? You probably don't. How about U.S. Senator Norton Simon ?...

A befuddled eyewitness account Weird things happen sometimes. A year ago at this time I was immersed in a weird thing myself. You'd th...

History from a front-row seat July 20, 1969, was a Sunday. Therefore we went to 8:30 mass in our parish church. Our fire-and-brimstone monsi...

Improving your memory Does nostalgia improve with age? It must. My father has grown ever more adept at revising his recollections of the pas...

Only 232 years old and doing fine Today is the anniversary of the birth of Carl Friedrich Gauss in 1777. Although we claim him for the math...

When Republicans hated waterboarding During the past month my nightstand reading has been Edmund Morris's magisterial two-volume biograp...

Politics from the pulpit California's arid Central Valley is awash in religious right-wing radio. During trips down to visit the famil...