By Carrie Jacobson
Chores can always wait.

By Emily Theroux
Calling a campaign speech delivered by a black politician to a black audience “racially charged” seems like hyperbolic fear-mongering to me — unless, of course, Carlson is expressing that kind of aggrieved mindset prevalent in people who cry “racism” whenever a black man raises his voice.

By Michael Kaufman

By Michael Kaufman
Twenty years ago Charlotte Haley began distributing ribbons to emphasize the neeed for research aimed at preventing and curing breast cancer. Activists today say the corporate takeover of the pink ribbon has so narrowly focused popular attention on awareness that prevention continues to be overlooked.

By Jean Webster
The skimmed wax and some honey drop into a wooden box for later enjoyment, or to strain and add to the honey flow.

By Gretchen Gibbs
Respect for the teacher’s knowledge goes out the window when you can find out more than the teacher knows on a small device you keep in your pocket.

By Jeffrey Page
I usually write shopping lists on the backs of used envelopes, but sometimes a charity sends me a little pad marked “shopping list.”

By Bob Gaydos
Those campaign gaffes are not entirely Mitt Romney’s fault. Evolution played a part. Or rather, the devolution of the Republican Party.

By Jeffrey Page
His artificial sincerity could not have fooled all the people he saw. He was just fooling himself.

By Emily Theroux
It had never occurred to the Romney campaign’s high rollers that their enormous cash stash might not be enough to close the deal and actually buy the American presidency outright..

By Michael Kaufman
I wouldn’t mind all the fluff if at least some of the correspondence from the AARP contained a sense of urgency regarding the threats to Social Security and Medicare.