OK, people, listen up! Just kidding. Far too many of us have no idea how to listen. Mostly, we pretend to listen, but what we’re…
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Pretty big day, right? As most of us remain holed up in our bunkers, a few centuries back a bunch of old, white guys were…
This is my story about riots, cops and how the risk-versus-reward equation plays out every day. • • • I had made a terrible miscalculation.…
Who’s really to blame for this fine coronavirus mess? It would be easy to blame President Trump. You know, that boorish, incompetent, borderline illiterate, room…
Editor Emeritus Lou Brancaccio and his wife, Maley, have been sheltering in place at their Florida winter home since March 13. This is the second…
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Greetings from Southwest Florida, where Maley and I spend our winters. As you read this, we have been Sheltering In Place,…
After being sent out to find a good story, a rookie reporter breathlessly came back to the newsroom. “I just saw a dog bite a…
“All is well at 03:00. There is traffic in the strait, commercial vessels and fishing boats, but the spacing is good. An overnight sky hides…
Hey, forget about all those silly New Year’s resolutions. I’ve got one that I’m pretty sure will save the world — or at least save…
Too much of a good thing quickly turns into a bad thing. Remember that oh-so-good piece of pumpkin pie? And then another, and another and…