Category: Features

An Indian in a white lab coat finally paid attention to her. “Ms. Merrill?” “Yeah. That’s me.” “I am Dr. Singh. I am the resident …

“No cruising allowed,” the sign warned in large, red letters. As I drew near the intersection in downtown Portland, I looked around for a house …

During the Clinton administration, nearly all conservatives and libertarians belittled a federal scheme to fund midnight basketball as just another paternalistic boondoggle and waste of …

Warren Buffett’s enormous gift to the Gates Foundation recalled an unhappy memory for me. Once, when·· I lived in Delhi, a heavily pregnant woman suddenly …

With an audience of three billion, the World Cup is the biggest spectacle on earth, a grand stage upon which 32 nations have a minimum …

Patrick Kennedy drove his Ford Mustang into a White House barricade, creating a big media stir which lasted about a week. The strangest part of …

If you put a lot of marbles in a jar, then ask a thousand passers-by to estimate the number of marbles, the answers will vary …

I am a libertarian. I am also a Republican freshman member of the Maine House of Representatives. Some would say that being a libertarian legislator …

In November 1998, Metro – the regional government for my hometown of Portland, Oregon – asked voters to increase their property taxes so Metro could …

The name is quaint, the materials are lowbrow, the technology is simple, the venue is plebeian. But Toastmasters embodies the time-honored American traditions of voluntary …