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Standard Deviations: Columnist ruminates on the theme of diversity

Think about the most unexpected plot twists of the last half-century.The world run by monkey overlords in “Planet of the Apes” turned out to be our future Earth. Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s daddy. The Bruce Willis character in “The Sixth Sense” was dead all along. And the ...

Standard Deviations: Stop the merry-go-round, columnist wants to get off

When I was just a little tyke, I loved the merry-go-round.My father or mother would pick me up, wade into a herd of colorfully painted wooden horses, lift me onto the saddle of one of them and wrap a loose leather strap around my waist for a “seat belt.” I’d then grip tightly the brass ...

Standard Deviations: Verbal fight at Jazz game? Can’t we all just play nice

By now, the verbal cage match between Oklahoma City Thunder basketball player Russell Westbrook and Utah Jazz fan Shane Keisel has been hashed and re-hashed to the point where there’s probably not much else left to say.Other than, “Good work, everyone.”Because I must confess: With the ...