COLUMNS
Column: Worthington Thanksgivings, 1931-1938
WORTHINGTON — When was 1938? Well, 1938 was 71 years ago. Have I got this right? Those were the days.By Ray Crippen , November 21, 2009
Column: Lipstick on a rogue
BOSTON — You have to hand it to Sarah Palin. I don’t mean you have to hand her the 2012 nomination. Nor do you have to hand her the $24.64 I overpaid for “Going Rogue.”By Ellen Goodman , November 21, 2009
Column: State-mandated tests hinder graduation
WORTHINGTON — Students across this state are being faced with testing that could prohibit their graduation from high school.
By Paul Karelis, District 518 , November 21, 2009
Column: A Whiter Shade of Male
MIAMI — Dear Sammy Sosa: Are you happy with yourself now? Are you more confident and self-assured? When you look in the mirror, do you like yourself better, now that you are white?By Leonard Pitts , November 20, 2009
Column: Palin and her future
WASHINGTON — I’m sure I would like Sarah Palin if I got the chance to meet her. We share many things in common.
By Cal Thomas , November 20, 2009
Column: Picking a fight is a GOP tradition
WASHINGTON — For Sarah Palin, with her personality and history, to tell Rush Limbaugh that Republicans should welcome primary fights within their own ranks is hardly surprising.
By David Broder , November 19, 2009
Column: The storm before the calm
WASHINGTON — Calm. That’s not a word one hears much these days, but calm is what some are urging in the wake of a new federal report on breast cancer screening.By Kathleen Parker , November 19, 2009
Column: A near accident
I was approaching Godfrey, as vehicles enter on to Lake Avenue from there. I was looking ahead as I approached Godfrey, and there was no one in my sight — I thought.By Al Swanson, Daily Globe Historical Columnist , November 18, 2009
Column: Terror trial dangerous
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has chosen the wrong New York venue to try five co-conspirators in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.By Cal Thomas , November 18, 2009
2004: Dayton House work nearly done
A weekly look back at regional historyBy Jane Turpin Moore , November 18, 2009
Column: Famous ... for 15 seconds
DETROIT — When I was a kid, I went to Times Square and looked up at the billboards. They were massive. Biggest signs I ever saw. “How do you get up there?” I asked my grandmother. “You have to be famous,” she said.By Mitch Albom , November 18, 2009
Column: Struggling through the gray areas of life
MIAMI — They killed a killer last week. I kept waiting to feel something when news came that John Allen Muhammad had been executed in Virginia.By Leonard Pitts , November 17, 2009
Column: Hope from abroad
DETROIT — “So how do you think Obama is doing?” The question came not once but many times during a trip this past week to Ireland and England.By Mitch Albom , November 17, 2009
Column: The hand for Obama to play
WASHINGTON — The more President Barack Obama examines our options in Afghanistan, the less he likes the choices he sees. But, as the old saying goes, to govern is to choose — and he has stretched the internal debate to the breaking point.
By David Broder , November 16, 2009
Column: Minding our manners
WASHINGTON — Growing concern about incivility is one of America’s more appealing trends. Increasingly, individuals and institutions are seeking ways to burnish the Golden Rule.By Kathleen Parker , November 16, 2009
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1959: How to Get the Cold Girl
A 14-year-old boy wrote to Abby in 1959 asking how he could get the girl everyone called "Alaska" because she was so cold. Abby's answer i
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1959: Lake Okabena Water Quality Issues for Hunters
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1944: MIA Boy's Tale Told
Earlier today I posted the 1944 notice that Captain Jerome Godfrey had gone missing in action, along with a request for anyone with knowledge of Capt. Godfrey to let me know if they ever found him. They did. The Daily Globe's real historian, Ray Crippen, was kind enough to send me the followin
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on Aug 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM | Reprint1959: Dear Abby Advises Boy Regarding Mean Girl
I feel so sorry for this kid, but Abby was right. Julius was due to become "awfully silly" fairly quickly.
Happens to everyone.
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