Tom Newmann News Today

We had a visit to the physician’s office the other day. Nothing serious, just a yearly maintenance checkup to make sure that all the functions are functioning. A few days before our visit, an email...

He was an early aviator, an environmentalist (long before most folks even knew meaning of the word), a visionary and a three-time presidential candidate. He lived most of his life in a small town in...

Super Bowl LVlll (58 for those who are not into Roman numerals) is chugging toward us at a rapid rate. But, then again, it’s been a lead story for the past couple of weeks. The...

As the Big Day approaches, the two main actors are making their various pitches throughout the “battleground states” (a rather bellicose reference for what used to be the “swing states”) to try to swing enough...

“A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of free people. Whoever rejects it does of...

A recent television commercial features two women lugging rather large bags of dog food down a supermarket aisle. And, as most folks do when they see that the other person has a different brand of...

A new year is in the offing. And as 2023 sputters to a halt, we have to hope that the advent of 2024 will bring good tidings to all. Or, at least, some decent tidings....

“We have met the enemy and he is us.” — Pogo the Possum from the comic strip “Pogo” (circa 1948-75) Kind of refreshing that we’re on the verge of cruising into the festive season, which...

The beach is bordered on the northern end by a point break and to the south by an estuary. Squeaky sand, white when dry and tan when doused by water, runs the entire length of...

“There’s good news tonight!” — Gabriel Heatter, radio commentator from the 1930s through the ’50s Heatter’s classic sign-on for his radio broadcasts became a catchphrase for optimism (even when the country faced massive adversity). His...