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On July 16, 2018, Donald Trump committed treason by denying Russian influence over the 2016 election and refusing to believe the findings ...

Simon and Garfunkel's "America" came out in April, 1968. I always heard the chorus as "All gone to look for America....

[[Originally published on 11/12/2017 in Alien Cheese]] We had a wonderful 2 1/2 weeks in Italy this fall. It's a trip we'd been ...

[[Originally published on 10/2/2017 in Alien Cheese]] Many people have a very narrow definition of terrorism -- it's always related to...

[Originally published on 7/17/2017 in Alien Cheese] Most of the restaurants fall into three areas: Thorn Run Crossing near the Sheraton P...

[Originally published 7/17/2017 in Alien Cheese] While I'd been aware of George Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" for ma...

Months ago, I had very mixed feelings about going to see the Wonder Woman movie. I was never a big Wonder Woman fan in the first place. ...

Originally Published in Collision (University of Pittsburgh), Spring 2001 While my husband, Jim, may be the only man in America who c...

In some ways, I'm still having trouble believing that I'm writing such a similar essay just a few months after writing about my mo...

I'm running very late with this. I have seen most of the nominated movies (except for Hacksaw Ridge and Hell or High Water). I liked...

Jim and I have been a couple for over 40 years. Wow, who'd've thought? ;-> We've been parents for 36 years and Leslie fi...

I never met these two famous women in my title. However, I really knew both of these talented women better than most. I absolutely idoli...

Fairness and Donald Trump On November 10, 2016, the "real" Donald J. Trump tweeted: Just had a very open and successful pre...

Many women have been writing about how their experiences with misogyny have led them to support Hillary Clinton. I whole-heartedly agre...