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An App a Day Keeps the Parents Away Aug. 22, 2026
Well, it's back-to-school season again, and parents across the country know what that means: It's ti... Read More
Get Outside your Head to Look Inside your Mind Aug. 21, 2026
Are you trying to decide what the right thing to do is? Ask an ethicist. Do you want to see the righ... Read More
Do Hot Doggers Relish Showing Off? Aug. 19, 2026
This column is packed with tantalizing tidbits I haven't been able to squeeze in elsewhere. — ... Read More
When It Comes To Novels and Columns, I'm Not Done Yet Aug. 19, 2026
Over two decades ago, I wrote the opening page of my first novel to lose myself in another world, on... Read More
No Masculine or Feminine Ideals Needed -- Just Human Ones Aug. 15, 2026
Men in the U.S. are stuck — stuck in dissatisfaction, stuck in judgement and stuck in a cultur... Read More
Seeking Peace Does Not Demand Surrender Aug. 14, 2026
Why are manhole covers round? The common answer is obvious once you hear it: A circle is the only sh... Read More
Diagnosis: Murder Aug. 12, 2026
You're the sentence doctor. Each of these sentences suffers from faulty syntax, wordiness, passivity... Read More
The Universe Explained -- No Charge Aug. 10, 2026
In keeping with the less-than-obvious educational mandate of the Slightly Off-Kilter column, I thoug... Read More
The Friction Factor Aug. 08, 2026
In an honest moment, the harmony between Venus and Uranus illuminates something we're making harder ... Read More
No Price Too High for Evading Back-to-School Shopping Aug. 08, 2026
In the pantheon of parental duties, shopping for school supplies stands alone. At the tripart crossr... Read More
Historical Revisionism Empowers Political Radicalism Aug. 07, 2026
Opposite Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest's City Park, you find the Statue of Anonymous, one of the ci... Read More
AI Cannot Give Writers Something to Say Aug. 06, 2026
After nearly 35 years as a talk show host, I've had many young broadcasters ask me, "What's the secr... Read More
The Whimsy Report Reveals Americans' Lex Lives Aug. 05, 2026
The year was 1948. All American adults were happily married and spoke perfectly proper English, neve... Read More
Four-Letter Words Are No Substitute for Thought, Onscreen or in Politics Aug. 05, 2026
Swearing was once rare, reserved to convey the utmost shock, pain or rage, or the deepest disappoint... Read More
Cosmic Oil Can Aug. 03, 2026
Do you keep asking a question you already have the answer to? Maybe it's because you don't like the ... Read More
The Cosmic Overview Aug. 02, 2026
And so, we begin a practical, productive week moving to the creative heartbeat of Leo season. Venus ... Read More
Who's Winning the Battle Against Your Face? Aug. 01, 2026
The other night, smack-dab in the middle of an insomniac phone jaunt, I found myself scrolling throu... Read More
Don't Allow Militant Ideology to Conquer Reason Jul. 31, 2026
There's no place on earth like Israel: The history, the diversity, the tension of a culture divided ... Read More
Supreme Court Decision Grants Broad Power to the President Jul. 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court handed supporters of the Unitary Executive Theory a huge victory. For decades... Read More
A Handy Guide to Language Pitfalls Jul. 29, 2026
On my desk I keep a list of tiny quirks of spelling, usage and meaning that often bedevil me. Perhap... Read More
