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Last year, after the unthinkable happened, a wave of spontaneous grass-roots patriotism spread across the land, and we all stood in line, the pinstripe suits and the grandmas and grandpas and the kids with the knapsacks, and accepted the inconvenience with darned good humor. It was a rare moment...
Turning 60 is darned awkward in America. We glorify carefree youth and feel sheepish if our abdomen is not hard enough to crack walnuts on and our heart is not warm and smiley. Geezers and geezerettes go around in juvenile clothes, shorts and flip-flops and jokey T shirts (my...
In the spirit of fair play to cowboy Jody Brown and his endangered breed, let's entertain two arguments in favor of eating meat. One is that it made us human. "We would never have evolved as large, socially active hominids if we hadn't turned to meat," says Katharine...
Ginger has now decided she'll play or work along with this persistent fellow, because he's so darned good. She's smiling when they scoot back onto the platform, in smart half-turns that lead to a triple twist for her. Their movements are freer, more familiar; competition is...
I could wax poetic about the joys of vacationing in the great outdoors, like roasting marshmallows, collecting pine cones and wandering aimlessly through the woods. But let's face it--communing with nature doesn't always mean one breathtaking vista after another. It rains. There are too many bugs. There...