Senior Moments: Reflecting on a special father-daughter day
It is the only time I can remember my father taking me to the movies. That’s not to say it was the only time, but this one was a standout.…
A memo to all dads: Pick your fights
One summer afternoon about a year ago, I took our granddaughter Lucia, age 6, for a walk around our town in Southern Italy when I heard a man call for…
Peace by piece | Editorial Cartoon
Listen to article • 0:00 minJohn Cole spent 18 years as editorial cartoonist for The (Scranton) Times-Tribune, and now draws for various statesnewsroom.com sites.
Man shot to death in Bronx was ‘con artist’ hoping to turn life around: family
A man shot to death in the Bronx three years after making headlines fleeing a chain-reaction crash that injured 20 people was a lovable con artist who didn’t live long…
Reining in the moneyed class: Curb the millions of dollars from outside groups flooding our politics
The Democratic primary to replace Jerry Nadler in Manhattan’s 12th Congressional District has produced a number of credible candidates. Yet it’s also an example of what is dangerously wrong with…
150 years, 2 world wars, 32 mayors, and 28 presidents later, a store still thrives in a bankrupt city
Listen to article • 0:00 minHumans still answer the phones. The business is family-owned and run by women. But perhaps the most remarkable aspect of T. Frank McCall’s is the…
Tears for Fears, rotary phones, flares: Philly’s Bicentennial babies are turning 50 as America turns 250
Listen to article • 0:00 minGen Xers watched dial-up phones shrink to pocket-size; typewriters turn into touch screens; and appointment TV give way to streaming binges. .But Bicentennial babies are…
Letters — Dallas libraries, ICE, dark money, Big Bend
Residents showed up to support the plan for reshaping the Dallas Public Library system at Dallas City Hall on April 20. A letter writer urges funding the library system and…
Dear Abby: Widower Boyfriend Still Acknowledges Wedding Anniversary
Getty Images Dear Abby: I have been dating a wonderful man for 10 months. He was married for 45 years until his wife died after a five-year illness. He is…
Indigenous chef and author Sean Sherman delivers the lost history and sublime story of Indigenous American foods
Listen to article • 0:00 minKids today can “name more Kardashians that types of trees,” according to Sean Sherman, a James Beard Award-winning Oglala Lakota Sioux chef, activist, and cookbook…