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Lindsey Graham was your fellow citizen

This week, we mourned the loss of Lindsey Graham, who had represented his state of South Carolina in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 and in the Senate from 2003 until he unexpectedly passed away at the age of 71 after a “brief and sudden illness.” And by “we,” I obviously mean anyone with the smallest shred of dignity or honor or respect for their fellow American citizens. “Good riddance,” wrote Ana Kasparian, as did white supremacist and part-time hobbit Nick Fuentes. Not to be outdone, Cenk Uyghur responded by saying that Graham had “moved on to the ...

Tai chi practioners seek balance and well-being

BEIJING — One arm raised and the other lowered, hundreds of people move every morning like birds spreading their wings at the heart of Beijing’s Temple of Heaven. It’s a movement in tai chi, a physical and philosophical practice developed more than 300 years ago that continues to ...

Watch out Wall Street; Texas awaits

The New York Stock Exchange opened its doors over 230 years ago. It has been one of the iconic symbols of America’s economic might for more than two centuries. But for how much longer? Now the challenge for supremacy isn’t coming from London or Tokyo or Hong Kong or Beijing. It’s coming from Texas. The Wall Street Journal reported in recent days that the Texas Stock Exchange is now officially open for business, and trading is expected to start soon. Everything is big in Texas, as the saying goes, so New Yorkers should take this seriously. In some ways, the idea that Dallas ...

Driving home the whole cost of higher ed

A brand-new BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe is a sporty little entry into the world of luxury vehicles with a starting price of $42,000. That is less than the cost of one year at Penn State for a Pennsylvania resident. Sure, tuition is just $20,878 but with fees and dorms and the dining plan and all the other expenses the university will charge for a full-time undergraduate, a year at Penn State starts at $42,214 for a freshman. Depending on campus or program, it might go as high as $46,640. Lest any Panther alumni start feeling smug about that, the University of Pittsburgh isn’t better. ...

The more things don’t change

The French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr knew what he was talking about when, in 1849, he coined the phrase “Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose.” (The more things change, the more they remain the same.) It has been repeated and attributed to different people, but he appears to have said it first. The quote is especially true when it comes to modern politics. I recently found an interview I conducted with Dr. Ron Paul (the father of Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul) in April 1976. I was a reporter for the local NBC station in Houston and Ron Paul appeared to have ...

Dreading process of finding new doctor after practice moves

Dear Annie: The doctor I have been seeing for over 20 years has decided to discontinue her practice in the town I live in and move to another town. I can’t get to that town, so I’ve asked friends to recommend their doctors. But I’m dreading having to set up an appointment with a completely unfamiliar doctor. How do I get over the anxiety of seeing a new doctor, new office, new staff and now a new medical portal I have to learn to navigate? I’m just anxious about starting all over again. — Anxious Dear Anxious: Twenty years of trust doesn’t transfer with your file, so the ...