Cory Franklin

Unsung hero: A pioneer in transgender health care

May 31, 2019 at 9:25 p.m.

For a brief time last week, a controversy arose over actor Scarlett Johansson’s decision to play the role of transsexual Dante “Tex” Gill in the upcoming movie project “Rub and...

President Trump surprises Robert Wilkie with the Veterans Affairs nomination announcement during a prison policies event on May 18, 2018, in the East Room of the White House.

How to overhaul VA care for today’s veterans

May 31, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

The Senate is likely to confirm Robert Wilkie as the new secretary of Veterans Affairs sometime in June. His confirmation, along with the newly passed VA Mission Act, will provide...

White House physician and nominee for Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. Ronny Jackson arrives at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Can the Department of Veterans Affairs be saved?

May 31, 2019 at 9:24 p.m.

When he was ousted as veterans affairs secretary by President Donald Trump last week, David Shulkin joined the line of inept bunglers in the revolving door of secretaries sacked for...

Jordan Horowitz, producer of "La La Land," left, shows the envelope revealing "Moonlight" as the true winner of best picture at the Oscars in Los Angeles as presenter Warren Beatty and host Jimmy Kimmel, right, look on, Feb. 26, 2017.

If the Oscars deliver an award mix-up sequel, whom will it star?

May 31, 2019 at 9:22 p.m.

The 2018 Academy Awards are Sunday, and the Hollywood powers-that-be are taking great pains to avoid last year’s debacle, when the wrong winner for Best Picture was announced to the...

University of Illinois mascot Chief Illiniwek performs for the last time during an Illinois basketball game in Champaign, Ill., on Feb. 21, 2007.

A new job description could save Chief Illiniwek

May 31, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

Chief Illiniwek ceased being a mascot for the University of Illinois sports teams more than a decade ago. But the debate about the Chief has been going on much longer...

Alabama head coach Nick Saban poses next to the NCAA college football championship trophy at a press conference in Atlanta, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018. Alabama beat Georgia 26-23 in overtime to win the NCAA college football playoff championship game on Monday night.

An argument against ‘playing it safe’

May 31, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

Almost two thousand years ago, in a moment of critical decision, Pliny the Elder, who had the distinction of being both a philosopher and a military commander in the early...

People pay their respects at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2014, the eve of Veterans Day. More than 58,000 names of U.S. military members who died in the Vietnam War are engraved on the wall.

An offering of quiet thanks to a brave stranger

May 31, 2019 at 9:20 p.m.

How can something that happened to a stranger 50 years ago and 10,000 miles away change your life forever? In October 1967, a tall, handsome 20-year-old U.S. Army private was...

Google CEO Eric Schmidt said in 2010 that the company's policy "is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it."

Is nothing about your life private?

May 11, 2019 at 9:09 a.m.

In 2010, top Google executive Eric Schmidt told The Atlantic magazine, "Google policy is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it. ... We know where...

In 1994, Dylan performed at the 25th anniversary of Woodstock in upstate New York. He had rejected an invitation to play at the original 1969 fest, choosing instead to appear at the Isle of Wight festival in England on Aug. 31, 1969.

9 Bob Dylan songs, revisited

May 11, 2019 at 9:06 a.m.

Bob Dylan has been accused of plagiarism once again. Last year, when the Nobel committee awarded Dylan the Nobel Prize in Literature, true to form, he did not travel to...

Hawk Harrelson with manager Rick Renteria after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field on May 13, 2017.

Why not Hawk Harrelson for the Hall of Fame?

May 11, 2019 at 9:05 a.m.

Ken "Hawk" Harrelson is retiring from the Chicago White Sox broadcast booth at the end of the 2018 season, and, to get right to the point, he should be in...

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