Wood on Words: The hairy root of some 'pill' words

One of the first puns I can remember reading was a definition of “pharmacist” as “a piller of the community.” The word “piller” probably can’t be found in any dictionary, except as a dialectical variant of “pillow.”

James Jackson: Is the FCC setting the decency standard too high?

Last month, the Supreme Court heard a case concerning the FCC and fines for networks that violate governmentally determined decency standards. In this case, it was an issue centered on fines imposed because Cher used an expletive at an awards ceremony.

Philip Maddocks: Moon joins the fray, releases two attack ads aimed at Gingrich

The moon released a pair of vitriolic anti-Gingrich ads, calling his plans for colonization there ill-conceived and anti-stellar and portraying the former speaker as out of touch with ordinary celestial bodies.

 

Suzette Martinez Standring: Why Tim Tebow still draws criticism

Super Bowl Sunday worship will peak when the New England Patriots smite (I’m biased and hopeful here!) the New York Giants. Ever since Tom Brady’s posse took out the Denver Broncos, its quarterback Tim Tebow in prayerful pose will no longer be spotlighted. Yet he’s still drawing heat.

Looking Up: Star-filled imagination

With an imagination, the sky is full of surprise. One never knows what you’ll see next. Like imagining shapes in fair weather cumulus clouds, a night sky watcher will see all sorts of things. You may be a grown adult and think finding cloud shapes is something just for kids. A night under the stars will cure you of that.

Diana Boggia: Parenting is the most important job ever

It’s important to parent with a purpose. After all, it is the most significant job you will ever have in life.

Frank Mulligan: Mad Super Bowl props

The detailed analysis that goes into preparing for the modern Super Bowl has evolved to such an extent that it seemingly rivals NASA’s efforts to travel to the vast reaches of outer space.

Gary Darling: My first venture into the tablet world with Amazon’s Kindle Fire

Enter the Kindle Fire. At $199, it fit right into the budget I was comfortable with in terms of want and need. Plus, it left some money on said budget for a case and screen protection.

Making Cents: Not assessing your financial risks is chancy

Being unprepared could cost you the chance to live your dream.

Gary Brown: Tips for a super Super Bowl Sunday

Columnist Gary Brown has some random thoughts about Super Bowl XLVI.

Lost in Suburbia: Caught between toilet paper and a hard place

It is a well-known, documented fact that I have toilet paper issues. I have written a number of times about my family’s inability to recognize when a roll of toilet paper is empty and needs to be changed. Sadly, I have accepted that this is my lot in life at home. But what is a toilet paper detective to do when she encounters a toilet paper misdemeanor in someone else’s house?

Dave Ramsey: Insurance necessities

Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on insurance and land investments.

Peter Chianca: To the moon, Newton!

Hello and welcome to the Newton Leroy Gingrich Moon Base, the United States of America’s first fully functional moon colony and condominium complex! We’re sure you will find living here to be enjoyable and relaxing, without hordes of former homeowners clogging the streets like in your neighborhood back home.

Peter Costa: Birds and puppies are newspapers' best friends

So far, no one has found a suitable replacement for newspapers that seem perfectly designed for this avian use. We should include puppies, along with birds, as newspapers’ and man’s best friends.

Amy Gehrt: Tax debate is back in the spotlight

Even more surprising, the majority of millionaires also agree the income tax gap needs to be narrowed. An October survey from the Spectrum Group found that 68 percent of millionaires support increasing taxes on millionaires.

Barry Greenfield: The self-sustaining school system

While numerous advances in school facilities have taken place over the last quarter century, to what extent have educators teamed up with other facets of the community to consider how a school can become more of a community center?

Bob Benz: Fashionable statements continue in college football

Read an Associated Press story a few days ago about how the non-traditional –– or some might say downright gaudy –– uniforms that made a splash in college football last fall will now make its way into college basketball as well.

Jeff Vrabel: Every second-grade sandlot baseball game ever played

It's a chaotic, funny scene when young kids organize a ballgame. ...

Lost in Suburbia: Sleeping in C minor

My husband works in the music industry. Like most husbands, he has a tendency to take his work to bed with him. For us, this means he goes to sleep dreaming of music. I know this because there are times when I wake up to the sound of him humming in his sleep.  Truthfully, the humming is kind of cute. But the other thing he does in his sleep is conduct. And things can get dicey when he is working on a big orchestral piece and I happen to be sleeping in the string section.

Jared Olar: Scanning over a deathly landscape

With the mournful passing this week of another Roe vs. Wade anniversary — the 39th — it seems appropriate to note and comment on a few recent news stories related to the abortion controversy.

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