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Standard Deviations: Is a border wall really worth the government shutdown?

Uncle.I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but seriously — I give up.Can we please just give Donald Trump his stupid wall already?As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history drags on, it’s now official: Clearly, there are no serious adults left in all of Washington, D.C.Our ...

Standard Deviations: The absolute stupidest thing a human being could do

Remember when you thought the absolute stupidest thing a human being could come up with was the Tide Pod Challenge?Not. Even. Close.The Tide Pod Challenge, of course, was the foolish fad of about a year ago that dared the dumbest people on the planet to pop one of the brightly colored liquid ...

Standard Deviations: Musings on integrity from a crotchety old journalist

Karma’s a b-word.Just ask Marcia Brady.You know, I’m not sure if it’s the winter or the fact I’ve been feeling under the weather, but I seem to be channeling my inner Crotchety Old Man lately.When I started at the Standard-Examiner I was a 25-year-old sportswriter, fresh out of college ...

Standard Deviations: Look who made Santa’s Naughty and Nice List this year

It’s almost Christmas Eve, that special night when Santa Claus travels the world, leaving presents for all the good girls and boys — and lumps of coal for the bad ones.And how does Santa determine who gets what? Why, his Naughty and Nice List, of course.With just a couple of days before the ...

Standard Deviations: War on Christmas? The Evergreen Strikes Back

If it’s December, it must be time for this embedded journalist’s annual report from the the front lines of the War on Christmas.A favorite bogeyman among conservatives is the fear that godless liberals, aided by foreigners and their non-Jesus-based religions, are gunning for our Christmas ...