As the U.S. removes its significant diplomatic and military presence in Afghanistan, a nearly 20-year-old bandage has been ripped off causing many to deal with some old wounds.
Category: Editorial
‘Quitting’ IS courageous when you’re the ‘GOAT’
More people than ever probably know who Simone Biles is. To many, she’s either the successful Olympic and world champion gymnast who needed to step away from recent competition in Tokyo due to some issues she was dealing with, or she’s the overhyped gymnast who quit on her team when things got tough.
‘Bucks in Six’: Why does it matter?
This championship run by the Bucks WAS a journey — not just this season, but for decades.
Are sports that important?
The day of Tuesday, June 29, ended horribly. I went to sleep in a very down mood. I began to reflect on the past and everything that had led up to that night and wondered if the journey was really worth it. Would all be well in the end?
‘Let’s go (oh, oh, oh)’
Oh, look at that. The “interim” has been taken off my job title and now I’m just plain old “editor”.
I have too much stuff
You wouldn’t think moving from a loft apartment to a one-bedroom apartment would take very long, be a lot of work, or require so many boxes, but you’d be wrong.
What would Jesus do (or say)?
Catholics have found some new things to argue over in the past few weeks.
A ‘return to the ordinary’
Things are really, finally, truly getting back to normal.
Time to ‘graduate’
From when the material started coming in here about the graduates, to looking at the April 13 issue of the paper, my thoughts naturally have been turning to my own graduations, especially on the day I am writing this — May 14, the 15th anniversary of my commencement exercises at UW-Madison.
What the ‘Hot 100’ can tell us about life
I’m “only” 37 years old, but I really have no connection anymore to the youth of America and what’s cool, what’s hip, and what’s now.