The state Supreme Court “took the easy way out” in banning the death penalty—in the view of not just a death-penalty backer, but also a legislator responsible for abolishing it. “Tea Party” Republican ...

Today is Julie’s and my wedding anniversary, an anniversary we share with my sister Ruthie and her husband Mike. Today is the first of those anniversaries Mike is spending without Ruthie, who died in ...

My man's gone now Ain't no use a-listenin' For his tired foot-steps Climbin' up the stairs. Porgy and Bess No doubt here are those who are glad that Malcolm X is dead, though in prayers and in ...

Courage died April 10. He drowned in a pool while visiting family in Naples. The 11-month-old would have turned a year old April 27. (Photo courtesy Danae Woodall) (Photo: Sumbitted) Courage died ...

Public courage is vanishing in America. Even as they exert more control over our daily lives, our political, corporate and cultural leaders are increasingly fearful of woke bullies. In fairness, ...

Few people would have pegged Marie-Laure Picat as a likely heroine. The portly, plain-looking 37-year-old lived quietly in a village in central France, shunned attention, and said her only real quirk ...

Celine Dion has gifted us some of the most iconic power ballads of the past two decades, singing about unstoppable love on chart-toppers "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," "Because You Loved Me" and ...

Today, the Cartoon Network fandom is taking time to mourn the loss of a beautiful soul. Thea White, the actress who voiced Muriel on Courage the Cowardly Dog, has passed away. She had just turned 81 ...

My man's gone now Ain't no use a-listenin' For his tired foot-steps Climbin' up the stairs. Porgy and Bess No doubt here are those who are glad that Malcolm X is dead, though in prayers and in ...