A young lawyer once asked an old Washington hand what to expect when he went down to work for a U.S. Senate committee. The old hand, who'd worked in the Capitol for years, reflected. "Here's the thing, son," he replied. "Things ain't all on the level down here." The point was ...
ROY – The most successful programs in high school basketball, like any interscholastic sport, are typically measured by all-time wins, state titles and the "greats" that carried on to greener pastures. So, as the world of high school and college athletics increasingly gravitates toward ...
As a mom of grade school kids, I'm constantly nagging — "Brush your teeth! Get your shoes on, it's time to go! It's almost bedtime, finish your homework!" My kids may hear what I say, but chances are, they do not really listen or care the first time, or even the first 10 times. Often, it's ...
It's not my fault that my kids are picky eaters, I learned today. But it's my fault if I don't fix it. That's what I gleaned from a recent article by Helen Zoe Veit, the author of a forthcoming book called "Picky: How American Children Became the Fussiest Eaters in History." Children are ...
The common proverb that "the grass is greener on the other side of the fence" is a sentiment that has been expressed for millennia. Many sources cite as an early example the Roman poet Ovid, who said in his “Art of Love” (1 BC) that “the harvest is always richer in another man’s ...
So much for the notion that the Supreme Court, with its 6-3 majority of justices appointed by Republican presidents, was going to be a rubber stamp for Donald Trump. That is a frequently voiced charge by partisan Democrats, and a fear of many ambivalent voters who find many of Trump's policies ...
