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Christie’s Chronicles: The learning curve never ends

You always learn something new. Recently I went to a local pharmacy to purchase a pill splitter as my pug needed half-dosages every 12 hours for a malady I won’t disclose due to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, even if it doesn’t apply to dogs. When I got there, ...

Foreign person comes for Tucker Carlson’s job

It wasn’t his nightly rants, his contempt for American democracy, his racism, his willingness to spread ludicrous conspiracy theories. It was the money. When Tucker Carlson was making money for Fox, boss Rupert Murdoch was perfectly fine with his star carnival attraction. But when Carlson ...

What’s flying: The gift of spring

“Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” - Joyce Meyer W It has been a tough wait for Spring. That light blanket of snow last Tuesday morning felt like a blizzard as the early dawn light revealed its illegitimate presence. It did not last ...

Tucker Carlson, not just Trump, damaged conservatism

Tucker Carlson has left the building. That in itself was unusual because Carlson hadn’t been in the building most other days over the last couple years. He rarely went into the Washington or New York bureaus, preferring his own private studios in Maine and Florida — comfortable silos from ...

This should not be surprising

PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is behaving like many other politicians. Following massive demonstrations against his enactment of a law raising the retirement age in France from 62 to 64, Macron seems to be taking a page from America’s Democratic Party playbook - If you can’t ...

Note to fellow grumpy old men

I don’t sympathize in any way with Andrew Lester, but I think I understand him. From what I hear through the media, he sounds like a fellow grumpy old man. I understand. I’m old and feeling grumpier by the day. But I don’t turn to firearms to do my talking. The same apparently cannot ...