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Index of Articles (partial)
Language
and the Law
Go Ahead
and Shoot; You'll Be Doing Them a Favor (Trigger-happy linguistics)
Politics
Numbers
Guys? Really? (Obama confounds the experts, namely Romney and Ryan)
Why
Do They Call Them Parties? They're Not Any Fun. (My brother, My enemy)
Lies,
Damned Lies and Statistics Department (Ah, statistics: you’ve forgotten
more than you’ll ever know)
What Has
Romney Learned? (Reverting to type when the chips are down)
Oh Grow Up!
(The practiced art of leaping to conclusions)
Don't your feet
get cold in the wintertime? The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine (Reflexions on bi-partisanship and truth-telling)
Journalism/Media
Math Problem
(Being a reporter means never having to say you're sorry)
But where are
the snows of yesteryear? (Getting the story straight)
Having a Bad
Hair Day? Try Bashing Some Republicans (Everyone’s entitled to their own
opinion but not their own set of facts)
The Economy
Are You Smarter
Than a U.S. Congressman? (Cutting spending where it won’t hurt)
Small
Business – the Job Creation Engine? (A realistic look at employment
and job growth statistics)
The Skary Skelly '08 Halloween Album (Reflections on the
financial meltdown)
American
Scene
"If I
could go back in time, I know somehow you’d still be mine" (Summer of 1969: Moonwalk, Chappaquiddick,
Manson and Woodstock all in 30 days)
Queen's
Cup Steeplechase: A Little Jewel in Charlotte's Crown (Steeplechase racing out in the field amid linen,
candelabra, broad brimmed hats, plunging necklines and yards of searsucker)
Bridges
to the Past (New construction and the dismantling of our pasts)
The Road East
(Driving cross-country with a dog in your lap and your possessions on the roof
for at least part of the way)
Popular
Music
Who is He to Simon and
Garfunkel? Or Simon and Garfunkel to Him? (Not what you say, but the way that you say
it.)
ROCK 'n
ROLL’s (rather long) Magic Momen (The day the music
met the violin.)
American
History
Civil War,
Cradle to Grave, All in One Day (Bull Run to Appomattox in under three
hours.)
On This Day
in History, Colonial Charlotte Stood Up for Liberty, Maybe (Musings on the
Declaration of Independence and its origins, maybe)
Flags Stolen
from Our Fathers, or the Spoils of War (War profiteering in Colonial times)
Spring Has Sprung (Joshua Tree: a nice place to visit but ….)
New Year’s
Traditions
Happy New
Year! But please! Not so loud. (Curing the hangover)
New Year's
Day: Be It Firmly Resolved (New Year’s Resolutions)
Times Square
New Year's Eve (100th anniversary of the Times Square ball drop)
Fast away
the old year passes ... Hail the new, ye lads and lasses! (The origins of
celebrating the New Year)
We’ll take a
cup of kindness yet … (The singing of Auld Lang Syne)
The
Holidays
The Tintinnabulation of the Bells,
Bells, Bells, Bells, Etc.
The
Nativity through the Ages in Art, Music and Literature
You're
Dreaming of a White Christmas? What Are the Odds?
Musings on
the True Meaning of Christmas