Christmas is a happy time to get together with family and friends, but the recent massacre of 20 innocent children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut, puts...
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Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Time to cure the U.S. gun sickness
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Cognac For Christmas
Whenever your intrepid liquor reporter is hosting family and friends over the holidays, there always seems to be a recently-gifted bottle of Cognac that gets...
Columnists - Tricia Ingram
Frankincense and Myrrh
In the last article, we examined frankincense and the interesting cultural, biological, and historical associations with this product. This week we look at...
Columnists - Bruce McAllister
And now for something completely different
And now for something completely different, a Christmas message from your MLA with nary a mention of politics. I love this time of year for many reasons. First...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
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Now oft outlawed but once prevalent initiation rites, whether it is to a cult, a school, a sorority, a not-so-secret secret service organization, or a tree...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
Aren’t you glad you haven’t won a million?
Two resident of the U.S. were fortunate to win the top prize in the Power ball jackpot recently. The winners – one in Arizona and another in Missouri –...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Wee Heavy
Your intrepid liquor reporter has been partaking in a bit of the Wee Heavy lately. No gentle reader, I’m not referring to the bygone days of my callow...
Columnists - Jai Murugan
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The inner demons of man hide in the corners of the head the way bits of digested food cling to the corners of the bowel. Bits of rotten garbage, both. The...
Columnists - Mansoor Ladha
World leaders highlight chronic sanitation issue
The World Toilet Summit 2012, the first for Africa, was held December 3-6 in Durban, South Africa, to muster the individual and collective minds of academia...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Santa Beer
December 25 is always a special day for your intrepid liquor reporter. No, gentle reader, it’s not because I somehow managed to keep my name off of...
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