Conversion: L'Chaim
My grandfather, Walter Nash, sat straight in the saddle on his quarter horse, Cherokee, watching me become a Jew last Saturday night. It was the fifth night of Chanukah (a.k.a. Hanukkah, or Hannukah). His rope, neatly looped, remained secured to the saddle and hanging over his right leg. Full Story
Henry Hyde, RIP
EDITORIAL
We haven't lacked recently for congressmen who have disgraced Congress. Now, we've lost one who ennobled it. Henry Hyde has died at age 83. He represented a suburban Chicago district in the House for 32 years before retiring last year in failing health. When political commentators lament the passing of a Golden Age in Congress, they usually are inventing an imagined past. Full Story
Don't let driving distractions mar the holidays
GUEST OPINION
Yeah, that's the text message we've been waiting for, let me text him right back. Oh no I've lost control, we're going to crash......... "911 what's your emergency?" I'd like to report a terrible crash on (name any Southwest Florida highway). Full Story
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