Why you will see more of these stories
If you hate reading stories like this -- if they start your day off wrong, if they keep you awake at night -- there's something you should know: You will...
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Six days on the modem and I’m gonna . . .
Here's why our computer screens are going to be the end of us. It has nothing to do with hackers or cyberterrorism. It has to do with . . ....
Choosing up sides to play a great game
If, as has been hinted, one of the 30 major league baseball teams declares Monday that it cannot meet its payroll. . . . Or if, in the coming months,...
The great escape — or, ultimately, a moving target?
Getting away from it all has never sounded more enticing. The phrase "the world is too much with us" has never sounded more accurate. There seems to be no escape....
An earful of strength and beauty
Sometimes, when you're far from home and feeling a little down in the dumps, a piece of news arrives out of nowhere and fills you with bliss. If you're really...
In a hot and fearful summer, a kool place
Oh, man. Two years in a row, I come through Hastings in the wrong week. Not that any week is a bad week -- Hastings is a swell town of...
The path to greatness is tissue-thin
The death of Ted Williams last Friday at age 83 has prompted tributes from all across the United States. Many of the testimonials have centered on the theme that with...
`There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived’
He corrected me before I could even finish my sentence. "John Wayne sounded like me," Ted Williams said. There wasn't exactly mirth in his voice. He had agreed to speak...
Will we be on full alert next July 4?
The 4th of July celebrations around the country on Thursday will signal that we are nearing the end of something, although that will likely not be discussed. What we are...
A rest cure for America’s young doctors
Lost on South 70th Street, I passed a hospital -- the St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center -- and pondered what might be going on inside. I knew nothing about this...