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Vacation and Learn With Factory Tours Mar. 25, 2023
By Victor Block When they're not partying or parading, visitors to New Orleans can enter a setting w... Read More
America Seems to Go Crazy Every 50 Years or So Mar. 24, 2023
Amid news that Donald Trump is about to be indicted by a hyperpartisan prosecutor and of his hysteri... Read More
'The Lost King': Searching for Richard Mar. 24, 2023
William Shakespeare, the noted playwright and lying knave, gets a bit of comeuppance in "The Lost Ki... Read More
Remembering Civil Rights Activist Dr. Dorothy Height for Women's History Month Mar. 17, 2023
As Women's History Month celebrations continue, my column this week focuses on Dr. Dorothy Height, w... Read More
Biden's Dilemma: To Run With Harris Again? Mar. 15, 2023
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is bound to run for reelection, and so he should. The real qu... Read More
Suffrage March Tied to Our Times Mar. 08, 2023
"Votes for Women!" was a showdown between Alice Paul, 28, versus Woodrow Wilson, 56, which opened wi... Read More
A Tropical Stay in Soufriere, St. Lucia Mar. 05, 2023
By Lesley Frederikson It was mid-August and too hot to think about snow when my husband suggested a ... Read More
The Annoying Habits of College Professors: A Long-Overdue Reassessment Mar. 04, 2023
Joe E. Moore. If you don't recognize the name, it's fine; there is no reason why you should. I met J... Read More
Reality Beckons Mar. 03, 2023
An out-of-context video featuring Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, quoted him claiming Amer... Read More
Thinking Hard About Ukraine War and Peace: One Year Out Mar. 01, 2023
WASHINGTON — "Slava Ukraini" is heard in the halls and streets here, especially when President... Read More
In Praise of 'Quiet Competence' Feb. 28, 2023
On the rare occasions I have time to just read for reading's sake, I try to stay away from books on ... Read More
Washington's Yakima Valley: A Tale of Three Museums Feb. 26, 2023
By Jim Farber It's said that the first white men to enter the vast region of the Yakima Valley were ... Read More
World War III in 2023 Feb. 25, 2023
It's any given morning on any given week in 2023. Millions of Americans wake up without internet: no... Read More
Biden And Carter Call Up Lincoln Feb. 22, 2023
WASHINGTON — Good on you, Joe Biden. You warmed the American presidency as we've known it late... Read More
America's Role Model on War and Peace Feb. 22, 2023
A ship that arrived in Dover, England, on the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1793, brought some bloody... Read More
Gov. DeSantis versus the College Board, Rounds One and Two Feb. 18, 2023
"What the (expletive)?" That's how one of my University of Central Florida colleagues reacted when s... Read More
Kalispell Is the Real Thing Feb. 12, 2023
By Jim Farber A self-professed "blue-collar town," Kalispell, Montana, doesn't have the ski-town Old... Read More
ChatGPT: Perhaps My Lifetime's Most Consequential -- And Not for the Better -- Technological Innovation, Part II Feb. 04, 2023
The uses, and abuses, of ChatGPT and similar platforms coming through the AI pipeline are infinite. ... Read More
Nature, History and Sunshine Welcome Visitors to St. Lucia Jan. 29, 2023
By Victor Block Words printed on T-shirts worn by locals offered a welcoming note shortly after my w... Read More
St. Lucia Is Rich in Color, Culture, Crafts and Community Jan. 28, 2023
By Fyllis Hockman So there I was, at the Sulphur Springs Mud Bath in St. Lucia, being smeared with g... Read More
