From the Mountains to the Sea
A 900-mile trail from the Smokies to the shore is finally taking shape. Click here to read our series and see video and photos.
Lenny Bruce and a cursed twist of fate
What a sweet, long-overdue gesture that was by New York Gov. George Pataki when earlier this week he granted a posthumous pardon to long-departed comedian Lenny Bruce. Bruce, who was at the vanguard of comedians bringing social commentary to their act -- after centuries of the stale "take-my-wife, please" format -- had been hounded for years by the keepers of morality. In the mid-1960s he was convicted on obscenity charges for using four-letter words onstage.
We need another classic
I wondered for the longest time how they got those dogs to bark "Jingle Bells" on that record.
Turns out ol' Strom knew all about 'race mixing'
Strom Thurmond, the late South Carolina senator, and I are alike in one way: we both love (or loved) black women. While my love of them has often gotten me in trouble -- don't ask -- Ol' Strom had the good sense to die before his "affair" was revealed.
State gets the cold shoulder
This year alone, we have watched as NASCAR and Krispy Kreme courted other areas at our expense.
The owl theory too loony
Friends say a bird killed Kathleen Peterson.
In politics, crime -- street crime -- pays
For someone who's been in politics since 1984, John Kerry should know better. The Massachusetts senator and presidential candidate did this week what most politicians do when they're in trouble or want to galvanize support: he promised to attack crime.
Save 79¢, lose your world
We share the blame for the human and environmental havoc being wrought to bring us a pair of $10 bluejeans.
This goal just isn't worthy
The scheduled release today of Ruben Studdard's new CD apparently reignites the fire for social justice.
The weight of the evidence: excess force
Comedian and social critic Richard Pryor told the story , fictional, I hope, of being caught by his wife in flagrante delicto with another woman. "Who're you gonna believe," he asked her. "Me or your lying eyes?"
The need for love is ageless
Efforts at romance are frustrated.
Protect, respect partners
HIV spreads and cuts a swath through black communities, endangering what are presumably our best and brightest.
Top secret photo-op
Years ago, when Charlie O. Finley named a mule after himself, there were two different schools of thought on the matter. Some figured the controversial owner of the Oakland A's baseball team must be extremely self-secure to risk the ridicule that comes from naming a jackass after yourself.
Trouble finds a home
Woman's plan to turn brother's life around encounters problem with apartment complex.
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