Opinion

Celebrating its 10-year anniversary, Thomas Magnet is the quintessential little school that could — as in could change the lives of hundreds of accelerated students. The opportunity is open once again to take advantage of what TMS has to offer in the way of classes and enrichment...

I am always fascinated — perhaps too fascinated, if you ask my home scale — with new restaurants or stores, and when we get a new or newly-remodeled restaurant I often find it fun to stop by on the first day and be able to tell friends and co-workers about it...

Though I would love to write a Merry Christmas column, I’m unwrapping another topic-distracted driving. As a commuter, I have a vested interest. It is very scary to see people nearly run off the road. Even worse is when they veer across the center line. I have so aptly named this maneuver “The Clark Griswold.” (You have to see the movie “Christmas Vacation” to understand.) I’m sure you get the picture here...

1968 was a year desperately in need of a Merry Christmas. The year had seen student protests worldwide, the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, a chaotic Democratic National Convention, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy and countless other examples of discord...