February 25, 2010 RSS feed / Opinions

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Olympic curling seems out of its league beside real sports with sweat and blood

By KIP BURKE news editor
Life’s just too short to watch Olympic curling. I made the mistake late Friday night of watching an hour of worldclass curling competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and it’s an hour of my life I’ll never get back. More...

Phyllis George: a smile, a personality, and an intellect

By LORAN SMITH columnist

Don’t know if you remember that summer night in August of 1971— the year of hot pants and water beds, the Pentagon papers, Alan Shepard stroking the first lunar golf shot—when Ber t Parks sang to Phyllis George, Miss Texas, as she More...

Galapagos at the Crossroads By CAROL ANN BASSETT

Book Review
Reviewed by PEGGY BARNETT

Judging by the numbers of tourists who flock to the Galapagos Islands, everyone is interested in the unique ecology and history of that remote place. More...

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