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Given the time and money people lavish on their pets, it’s remarkable how little we appear to understand them. Recently at the dog park, for example, I watched a woman

Some people are lucky enough to switch careers from something they enjoyed to something even more rewarding. Some try to balance two passions at once....

NOTE TO EDITORS: For the time being, as Gene Lyons recovers from illness, his weekly columns will be “classics” from his archive. This column originally ran on Oct. 12, 2022.

Editors note: For the time being, as Gene Lyons recovers from illness, his weekly columns will be "classics" from his archive. This column originally ran on Oct. 12, 2022.

Chances are, if you live in an American city, particularly in the South — the most violent part of the country since forever — these things are familiar to you.

To give you some idea, my personal Road to the Final Four, as the TV announcers call it, began in junior high. My buddy Don and I were apprentice basketball

Editors note: Gene Lyons is recovering from an illness. His weekly columns will be "classics" from his archive. This column originally ran on March 17, 2021.

My name is Jim. I’m a recovering voter. I watch Bill Maher’s Friday night TV show and appreciate that he’ll scorn left-leaning thinkers almost as much as conservatives. But he’s

In reference to a recent syndicated column from Froma Harrop, it is infuriating to watch supposed journalists continue to attempt to sway the public’s understanding of what is happening in

Does anybody really believe the United States is going to have a “normal” presidential election in 2024, with Joe Biden and Donald Trump as the nominees and a peaceful resolution?