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Vote for yourself, not the rich.
Chris Matthews Less than six weeks before the general election (Nov. 4), American voters would do well to consider a few facts...
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Sep 24, 20143 min read
Relax, and skip the Exlax.
Human intestines Nineteen years ago, I had my first colonoscopy. My then-wife and I had returned from a trip to California, during which...
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Sep 20, 20142 min read
Vitamin B12: Food for Thought
A. Eggs, meat, dairy and fish. Meat up It follows that, unless vegans and strict vegetarians take a B12 supplement, they are getting...
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Sep 16, 20141 min read
Say it again, Sam
What gives? There is another redundancy that pops up often in the print and broadcast media, in ads, on bloggers’ sites, and in...
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Sep 5, 20144 min read
CVS, Cigarettes and Saturated Fat
Let’s see … I need some cashews and pistachios. Where shall I go get them at a good price, Walgreen’s or CVS? Walgreens store Used to be,...
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Sep 1, 20143 min read
The Bare Minimum
American workers Since 1894, Labor Day has been officially celebrated as a day to honor workers. It’s a time to reflect on the...
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Aug 27, 20144 min read
Daunted Democrats
President Obama With the primaries over here in Florida, the midterm elections loom a little more than two months away. A poll shows...
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Aug 20, 20143 min read
Romney’s not running — but his mouth is.
The fulminator Mitt Romney Mitt Romney is at it again, condemning the man who bested him in the 2012 presidential election. How nice it...
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Aug 16, 20143 min read
“This, that” or “This and that”?
Give me an and, the grammar cheerleader in me wants to shout. disjointed You’d think people had an allergy to and. These days, this...
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Aug 14, 20142 min read
“Including” trips up the best
Including from, including on, including in, including at … . Enough already. What I wanna know is: including what? Spare the word and...
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Aug 9, 20142 min read
The Helpful Hyphen
Writers who get too hyphen happy end up with cluttered copy, despite the apparently skewed vision of some who think they look so dashing....
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Aug 6, 20143 min read
When No News Is Bad News
President Barack Obama President Obama’s approval ratings are way down, significantly less than 50 percent in the polls. The reason,...
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Jul 31, 20142 min read
Enough! Leave “well” alone.
“In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God.” And God was and is everywhere. And so is the word...
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Jul 29, 20143 min read
Colonoscopy Condemned
“I’m not going to send you for a colonoscopy,” my primary-care doctor said. “We don’t do that anymore for people once they turn 70.” Man...
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Jul 25, 20142 min read
Salt of the Earth — or Sea
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing,...
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Jul 20, 20141 min read
All HELP has broken loose.
HELP! Spare me from redundant use of the word. Redundancy reigns It is ubiquitous in combination with another verb, when either that verb...
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Jul 16, 20143 min read
The Politics of Crisis
President Obama In 2008 and again in 2012, I voted for Barack Obama for president. His current low approval ratings are due mainly, I...
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Jul 12, 20144 min read
Civil rights sans civility
President Lyndon B. Johnson Ten days ago, the nation observed the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, brought to fruition by...
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Jul 8, 20142 min read
Cut the comma
Do you ever read a newspaper story, an advertisement, an essay or some other piece of literature and feel as though you’re being jerked...
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Jul 6, 20143 min read
Perverse, reverse Robin Hood
Americans become outraged when they hear about people at the lower end of the economic spectrum receiving government welfare assistance...
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