Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s …… Captain Casual Racist!That’s right, people. Once again, your humble, dumb-as-a-box-of-rocks columnist has voluntarily elected to wade into the turbulent waters of race in America. (And may God have mercy on my sub-50-I.Q. soul ...

It’s been an expensive week for journalists at the Standard-Examiner.Here’s just a sampling of the stuff reporters, photographers and editors ended up having to pay for in the last week or so:<strong>• Reporter Mitch Shaw</strong> had to pay for day care for ...

I always told myself that if my ship ever came in, I’d be out of the newspaper business faster than you can say “Bon voyage, suckers!”Well, guess what ...Apparently, not only has my ship come in, but at least four more of them are lined up behind it at the dock — each just begging me to ...

They’re calling it “one of the fastest growing trends in both travel and recreation.” Me? I call it just plain awkward.Apparently, the “nakation” is a thing now.At least, that’s what the <a href="https://www.aanr.com/about-aanr" target="_blank">American Association for ...

Forget #fakenews. The real story these days is #fakecomics.This past week the Standard-Examiner shook the very foundations of the First Amendment by having the temerity to publish its weekday comics sections in — oh, the humanity — black-and-white.Reader reaction was swift. And severe. ...

You know that dramatic moment in almost every made-for-television movie on <a href="https://www.mylifetime.com/" target="_blank">Lifetime</a>, where the guy wakes up in the hospital and suddenly realizes he can’t feel his legs?Yeah. I so totally envy that ...