Full Archive

• 04/29/2024 National Day of Prayer
• 04/24/2024 Advice for 2024 promgoers
• 04/22/2024 Longing for the days of email rudeness
• 04/15/2024 Take our daughters and sons to grandma’s
• 04/08/2024 A good month to prevent distracted driving
• 04/01/2024 Insights from great minds on Taxes
• 03/25/2024 Message for my digital goddaughter
• 03/19/2024 Still living the American dream
• 03/12/2024 Missing my Irish ancestors
• 03/04/2024 No brainer
• 02/26/2024 Will forgiving college debt win or lose votes?
• 02/19/2024 Reading more books is good for America
• 02/13/2024 The loveless state of modern romance
• 02/06/2024 Shaming Girl Scout cookies
• 01/30/2024 The sad future of AM radio
• 01/23/2024 When fun is against the law
• 01/16/2024 Our over-coddled kids
• 01/09/2024 Making the best of the common cold
• 01/02/2024 The urgency to become cyber-secure in 2024
• 12/26/2023 A win-win New Year’s resolution
• 12/19/2023 Restoring Christmas joy
• 12/12/2023 Let’s make America profane again
• 12/04/2023 How to restore the gift of giving
• 11/28/2023 Tips for Out of Control Tipping
• 11/21/2023 The delicious history of pumpkin pie
• 11/14/2023 Footing our growing debt service bill
• 11/06/2023 Exposing ‘Bootgate’
• 10/31/2023 A stylish way to improve men’s health and wellbeing
• 10/24/2023 The dying art of Halloween costume humor
• 10/17/2023 Hoping for a happier Autumn
• 10/10/2023 We need a rebirth of empathy
• 10/03/2023 The President’s dogs that bite people
• 09/26/2023 Love and honesty will get us through
• 09/19/2023 Dressing Up for Senate success
• 09/12/2023 NFL bets on greed
• 09/07/2023 Thurber’s Tail: How to survive your sharp-toothed puppy
• 09/05/2023 Jimmy Buffett was a super-spreader of happiness
• 08/29/2023 A smaller home is a happy home
• 08/25/2023 Dogs and cats also facing tough times
• 08/14/2023 Paying attention pays off
• 08/07/2023 The Feds fail to see the light
• 08/02/2023 To aliens, human wisdom Is unbelievable
• 07/24/2023 A/C hasn’t only made life cooler
• 07/18/2023 The lost freedom of bike hikes
• 07/11/2023 The American dream is a life without debt
• 07/06/2023 Dodging increasing crime rates
• 06/30/2023 Puppy’s dad saved by the potty bell
• 06/27/2023 A collaborative way to celebrate July Fourth
• 06/20/2023 Good luck paying Uncle Sam’s debt
• 06/13/2023 Father’s Day: Lucky to be my father’s son
• 06/05/2023 A personal salute to Flag Day
• 05/29/2023 Americans rediscover the summer picnic
• 05/23/2023 A day to honor our war dead
• 05/15/2023 Curing our loneliness epidemic
• 05/09/2023 A good day to celebrate an extraordinary mother
• 05/02/2023 The incredible life of bees
• 04/25/2023 A taxing ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day’
• 04/20/2023 Thurber’s Tail: Play it safe on National Lost Dog Awareness Day
• 04/18/2023 What we need this Earth Day is more green thumbs
• 04/10/2023 Will’s wit soothes a taxing time
• 04/04/2023 Hey, Medicare, I’m counting on you
• 03/28/2023 Dumbing America down — digitally?
• 03/20/2023 Let’s get our kids behind the wheel
• 03/14/2023 Wishing you St. Patrick’s Day laughter
• 03/07/2023 Still time to save us from daylight saving time
• 02/28/2023 Hey, ChatGPT, don’t quit your day aob
• 02/21/2023 Rooting for Senator Fetterman
• 02/14/2023 The mistruths of politics
• 02/07/2023 How to write a romance story
• 01/31/2023 Grateful for National Freedom Day
• 01/24/2023 Grateful for Punxsutawney’s silly fun
• 01/18/2023 Thurber’s Tail: Answers to questions about your pets
• 01/17/2023 Stove debate a real gas
• 01/10/2023 Laughing your way to happiness
• 01/02/2023 The shameful return of earmarks
• 12/27/2022 Best 2023 resolution? Get a pet.
• 12/19/2022 Hope is all we have
• 12/12/2022 Decking the malls with nostalgia
• Thurber’s Tail: Inspirational quotes about dogs
• 12/06/2022 Truth is, we like to be lied to
• 11/30/2022 Thurber’s Tail: Can our puppies change our hearts and our world?
• 11/29/2022 The gift of Christmas cheer
• 11/22/2022 Digging the return to vinyl
• 11/21/2022 Thurber’s Tail: How my dog brought joy to my elderly dad
• 11/15/2022 Giving thanks
• 11/14/2022 Thurber’s Tail: Can Dogs Talk?
• 11/08/2022 Laughs to ease your election pain
• 11/07/2022 Thurber’s Tail: How NOT to Name a Puppy!
• 11/01/2022 Pre-election stress disorder
• 10/31/2022 Thurber’s Tail: How Dogs Make Us Laugh
• 10/26/2022 Thurber’s Tail: Halloween Safety Tips for Pets
• 10/25/2022 Halloween is for kids, isn’t it?
• 10/17/2022 Rooting for my baseball heroes
• 10/11/2022 Our wild debt party is over
• 10/03/2022 Hung up on rudeness
• 09/27/2022 Hey, Congress, stop fiddling with our clocks
• 09/20/2022 An extension of tax grief
• 09/13/2022 Thank you for being mannerly
• 09/05/2022 Health care confusion
• 08/29/2022 The elephant in the college classroom
• 08/22/2022 When it comes to boys, schools are flunking
• 08/15/2022 End-of-life challenges in modern times
• 08/09/2022 On Winning the Lottery
• 08/01/2022 The keys to living well
• 07/25/2022 The value of overbearing fathers
• 07/19/2022 Teens not working doesn’t work for America

• 07/12/2022 Drive-in theater rebirth here to stay
• 07/05/2022 The Need to vacate this summer
• 06/27/2022 Why we oooh and aaah on the Fourth of July   
• 06/20/2022 Summer bike hikes a relic of the past  
• 06/13/2022 What My Father Wants Most
• 06/07/2022 Learning to Enjoy Life’s Real Agitations
• 05/29/2022 Growing up in a world of childhood worries
• 05/24/2022 A bear of a stock market

• 05/17/2022 Enjoy the prom while you can, kids  
• 05/09/2022 Fatherly inspiration key to learning the art of grace 
• 05/02/2022 Let’s unleash the entrepreneur
• 04/26/2022 More focused than ever at 60!
• 04/19/2022 Taxes always on my mind
• 04/12/2022 Learning to appreciate the regular flu
• 04/04/2022 We must fix the nursing shortage

• 03/29/2022 What Is a woman? 
• 03/21/2022 How commoners can cope with inflation
• 03/14/2022 A world in need of Irish wit and wisdom
• 03/08/2022 Old family photos bring new perspective
• 03/01/2022 Ukraine’s Hero in Chief  
• 02/21/2022 Four-day workweek? I wish.  
• 02/14/2022 Social Insecurity
• 02/08/2022 The Scandalous Silence about China
• 02/01/2022 Thin mints should be our next government ban
• 01/25/2022 Beating Inflation Is Laughable
• 01/18/2022 It’s time to cancel ‘snow days’
• 01/10/2022 Reshaping America’s Battle of the Bulge
• 01/04/2022 We’ve Got Our Eyes on You, 2022! 
• 12/27/2021 Hail to Our Everyday Local Heroes  
• 12/20/2021 The AOC’s of Student Loan Debt
• 12/13/2021 The Merry Return of Christmas Cards
• 12/06/2021 The Best Christmas Gift is Time
• 11/29/2021 Just Say No To Unaffordable Spending
• 11/22/2021 A Tradition To Be Thankful For
• 11/16/2021 Give Thanks for Our Blessings, Big and Small
• 11/08/2021 
Never Forget Our Vets
• 11/01/2021 A Good Month to Grow a Beard
• 10/25/2021 Memories of a Non-Political Halloween
• 10/18/2021 Shouldn’t America Be Happier?
• 10/11/2021 The Pitfalls of Daylight Savings Time 
• 10/04/2021 The Rise and Fall of the Shopping Mall
• 09/27/2021 Is It Autumn for America?
• 09/20/2021 Let Them Eat Kix
• 09/13/2021 Save Water, Shower with a Bureaucrat?
• 09/07/2021 A Revival of Horse Sense?
• 08/30/2021 Praise Be to the Family Potato Salad
• 08/23/2021 Service Dogs Heal the Trauma of War
• 08/16/2021 Three Cheers for Us ‘Middles’
• 08/09/2021 Pets Can Help Solve Our National Empathy Shortage
• 08/02/2021 America Needs a Beach Vacation
• 07/27/2021 Striking up Some Ratings for the Olympics
• 07/19/2021 Car Buying Experience Hurt by the Dying Art of Haggling
• 07/13/2021 RVing Trend Good for Civility
• 07/06/2021 Thank For the Wonderful Days, Jack
• 06/28/2021 Civics Lessons for the Fourth
• 06/21/2021 Learning Summer Job Dignity for $1 an Hour
• 06/14/2021 My Dad Taught Me How
• 06/08/2021 The Dying Art of Conversation 
• 06/02/2021 The End of the Handshake? 
• 05/30/2021 Saving Our Elders from the Dirty Rotten Scammers
• 05/25/2021 My Beef With Beef
• 05/17/2021 Fighting Off Cyberscammers
• 05/10/2021 Why Adults Should Play in the Woods
• 05/03/2021 A Mother’s Comfort
• 04/26/2021 A Hunger for Normalcy
• 04/19/2021 The High Price of a Modest Roof
• 04/13/2021 The Value of Organized Religion to a Representative Republic
• 04/05/2021 Baseball Strikes Out on Politics
• 03/29/2021 In D.C., Politics Springs Eternal
• 03/22/2021 Never Save for a Rainy Day! 

By Tom Purcell
• 03/16/2021 Needed This St. Patrick’s Day – Ronald Reagan’s Spirit
• 03/08/2021 Looney Times 
• 03/01/2021 Believe It or Not, Money Isn’t the Key to Happiness
• 02/22/2021 The Puppy Solution
• 02/15/2021 Biden, Social Security, My Retirement and the Wealthy
• 02/08/2021 Simpler Taxes Long Promised, Never Delivered
• 02/01/2021 Sledding, Snowmen, Snowballs Needed on Capitol Grounds
• Lighten Up, Critics, It’s Groundhog Day
• 01/25/2021 Resisting Girl Scout Cookies’ Temptations Harder than Ever
• 01/19/2021 What America Needs is a Hearty Laugh
• 01/11/2021 Disgraceful Discourse Ours to Correct
• 01/04/2021 Companion Animals Bringing More Joy Than Ever
• 12/29/2020 Longing for Authenticity, Even If Its Fake
• 12/21/2020 Hoping for a White Christmas This Year
• 12/15/2020 Viruses and Responses Differ. Human Nature Doesn’t.
• 12/07/2020 COVID Grinch Can’t Steal Our Christmas
• 12/01/2020 Finding the Good in Our Grief with Charlie Brown
• 11/23/2020 Thankful Despite Cancellation of Family Feast
• 11/16/2020 COVID-19 Obscures How Great 2020 Really Was
• 11/09/2020 America 2020: A Good Time for a Nice, Long Sleep
• 11/02/2020 However this Election Turns Out, You’ll Still Have Your Vote and Voice


• 10/26/2020 Traditional Halloween Fun Pales in Face of 2020 Reality
• 10/19/2020 You Know Politics Stinks When Stink Bugs Are an Escape
• 10/12/2020 The Fate of Gig Workers Could Turn on Ballot Question
• 10/05/2020 It’s Healthy to Laugh in COVID-19’s Face this Halloween
• 09/28/2020 Served Lemons by Coronavirus, Entrepreneurs Make Lemonade
• 09/21/2020 Autumn’s Beauty Can Restore The Better Angels of Our Nature
• 09/14/2020 Change Voting Age to 16? Try 80!
• 09/08/2020 Coronavirus, Divisive Politics Have Autumn Optimism in Short Supply
• 08/31/2020 Census 2020: Accurate Count Essential
• 08/24/2020 Join COVID-19 Homebuying Rush, Develop Common Sense
• 08/17/2020 The Vanishing Art of Empathy
• 08/10/2020 The Longer We’re Isolated, the Less Productive We Get
• 08/03/2020 America Means Freedom To Them
• 07/27/2020 Laughter Really Is the Best Medicine
• 07/20/2020 Perpetual Anger No Help Amid Pandemic
• 07/13/2020 Amid Pandemic, Take Pen in Hand
• 07/06/2020 A Cool Idea Whose Time Has Come Again
• 06/29/2020 We Grow Wiser By Giving Ourselves To The Elderly
• 06/22/2020 Kids, Pedal Those Pandemic Blues Away
• 06/15/2020 The Blessings Of Having A Stubborn Father
• 06/08/2020 ’30 Days a Black Man’ Offers Insights into Current Challenges
• 06/01/2020 One Disruptive Hand Ruins Work Made Light By Many
• 05/22/2020 Pandemic Restrictions Highlight Blessings We Take for Granted
• 05/18/2020 Drive-in Theaters Poised to Profit from Pandemic
• 05/11/2020 Ill-timed Invasion of the Murder Hornets
• 05/04/2020 Lessons on Homeschooling
• 04/27/2020 Little Sisters of the Poor Meet Pandemic with Grace, Humility
• 04/20/2020 Spouting Off: How the EPA Made It Harder To Mow My Lawn
• 04/13/2020 Work-from-Home Productivity Has Come a Long Way Since 1918
• 03/30/2020 Pandemic Threatens Prine’s Life When We Need His Art Most
• 03/23/2020 Amid Pandemic, Cyber Scams a Growing Threat
• 03/16/2020 Learning from My Aunt’s Polio Experience
• 03/09/2020 Just When We Need It, Irish Wit, Wisdom Abound
• 03/02/2020 The 2020 Presidential Race: No Laughing Matter
• 02/24/2020 Kids Have to Make Names for Themselves
• 02/17/2020 Bringing Chocolate, Peanut Butter, and Americans Together Again
• 02/10/2020 How to Renew the Dying Art of Romance? Ask Our Elders
• 02/03/2020 The D.C. Disorder That’s Sadder than SAD
• 01/27/2020 Clarity’s Cost: The $5 Million Comma
• 01/20/2020 Family Landlines Better than Smartphones for Teens
• 01/13/2020 George Washington’s Ignored Example
• 01/06/2020 A Cut Above: Update Hairstyle, Update Outlook
• 12/30/2019 Don’t Take Cyber Scammers’ Bait in 2020
• 12/23/2019 Amid Such a Clatter, Here’s What Really Should Matter
• 12/16/2019 Why Christmas Nostalgia Is Good for Us
• 12/09/2019 Let It Snow
• 12/02/2019 OK, Tail-End Boomer
• 11/25/2019 The Best Christmas Gifts Don’t Come from Stores
• 11/18/2019 America, Let’s Talk This Thanksgiving… After the Mashed Potatoes Fly!
• 11/11/2019 Driving An ‘Underwater’ Car Is No Fun
• 11/04/2019 This Nov. 11, Help Stem Tide of Veteran Suicides
• 10/28/2019 Halloween Costumes: Free Expression vs. Offense
• 10/21/2019 Red Rover, Red Rover Are Childhood Games Over?