By Scott Levine The last time we were together, we stepped out and tracked down the Summer Triangle. As the leaves gather at our feet and ghosts and goblins fill our streets, I thought it’d be fun to check back
Read MoreBy Adam Stone As I write these words, we’re in the homestretch of piecing together this week’s monster local election preview edition, a gigantic undertaking led over the past 16 years by Examiner Editor-in-Chief Martin Wilbur, and also fueled for
Read MoreBy Michael Malone A Novel Concept looks at a non-fiction book this week, but one about a colossal figure in American fiction. “Lucky Mud & Other Foma” bears the subtitle “A Field Guide to Kurt Vonnegut’s Environmentalism and Planetary Citizenship,” and looks
Read MoreBy Michael Gold The origins of Halloween can be traced to an ancient Celtic festival, called Samhain. The Celts used the day to celebrate the harvest, but they also seemed frightened of the coming winter. They thought Samhain a dangerous
Read MoreWe all enjoy exploring our interests in wine, hopefully expanding our knowledge and awareness in the process. Whether it’s settling in to our newest “favorite wine” or seeking out new producers or grapes, our ever-changing journey along the “vineyard trail”
Read MoreBy Bill Primavera As I look from my top-floor window at Trump Park at the yellows, reds and browns of the leaves responding to fall weather, I remember when that once signaled the time to get busy with the rake.
Read MoreBy Morris Gut Day of the Dead, or Dia de Los Muertos, is a public holiday widely celebrated in Mexico around Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 each year, when deceased family members are remembered. Rather than being a solemn occasion,
Read MoreHeath Care Bureau Assistant AG Appears to Elevate Probe Patient Stories Expose More Systemic Issues at Healthcare Group Doctor Shortage Imperils Sick Woman, Forcing Hospitalization This is the eighth installment in an investigative series about CareMount/Optum, broader local healthcare issues and corporate medicine. By Adam
Read MoreEdinburgh has Trainspotting, a bleak tale of young men fighting to get through each day in the city’s dour underside. Glasgow, an hour or so to the west, has Shuggie Bain. Shuggie Bain didn’t so much get published as it exploded. Coming out
Read MoreLocal products paired with local wines. If it grows together, it goes together. This was the theme of last week’s column. Over millennia, denizens of small communities experimented with food and wine compatibility. The ancient Romans perfected this marriage of
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