Joe Sullivan
OpinionNovember 2, 2018
This column should be about Daylight Saving Time, but ...Fruitcake Daylight Saving Time Marauding deer Missy Kitty Roundabouts Downtown golf Free tomatoes Goofy politics That's enough. There are other topics that could go on the list, but this is a good enough sample. And we haven't even made a dent in important issues l...OpinionOctober 26, 2018
My new best friend lives in the White HouseIt's official, and I have proof. This is NOT fake news. Not that I had any doubt, but it's awfully good to see it in black and white. I am, according to supporting documents delivered by the United Sates Postal Service, an official friend of Donald J. Trump, presid...
OpinionOctober 19, 2018
Sticks and stones hurt, but names can be worse. Really.Nicknames can be amusing. Or not. President Trump, among his many other accomplishments, has established himself as the chief name caller. One of his targets is a U.S. senator from Massachusetts. Elizabeth Warren is no wallflower. The Democrat uses some of the over...OpinionOctober 12, 2018
A cat tries to figure out what just happened on TV(This week's column was dictated by Missy Kitty, who is plenty smart but can't type worth a whit.) Sometimes it's hard to figure out what makes humans tick. Take my humans, for example. They're smart enough to keep my food bowl full with ample sides of no-fat milk....OpinionOctober 5, 2018
A hot, hot future -- I mean really, really hotIf you find yourself in a situation where conversation comes to an awkward standstill, what do you do? More than likely you will, at some point, talk about the weather. "The weather" is a universal icebreaker. I can't say for sure, but I bet it's the same just abou...OpinionSeptember 28, 2018
A tale of storerooms, golf bags and passing outYou know the definition of "basement"? A basement is a space, often underground, where stuff you forgot you owned cohabitates with stuff you vaguely remember and produces stuff you don't recollect at all. The last house we lived in for 18 years had a basement, so I...OpinionSeptember 21, 2018
Betcha never thought you'd read this hereThis is animal week. No, it's not one of those made-up national holidays. It is a made-up-for-the-purposes-of-writing-a-column holidays. If everyone else can make up holiday, so can I. For some reason this past week has had more than its share of animal-related inc...OpinionSeptember 14, 2018
Add checks to the long list of things gone bye-byeBuggy whips. VCRs. Cassettes. Fedoras. Hitching posts. The list of Things That Everyone Used to Use could go on and on and on. But today let's focus on the venerable check register. You still have a checking account, right? Then you must know what checks are. Other...OpinionSeptember 7, 2018
Fake news and no tweets from the presidentDay 1: No tweets from President Trump. The president holds an impromptu press conference in the White House Rose Garden, and apologizes for recent comments about illegal immigrants from Mexico. He agrees with some of his critics who have pointed out that legal alie...OpinionAugust 31, 2018
The flag fracas, McCain the POW, and plaid shirtsMost of you who pay attention to this space on a regular basis already know that I don't spin many political stories. I figure you have your reasons for supporting one candidate or another, and that's good enough for me. But recent events compel me to abandon my ha...Advertisement
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