Postman enters an Army base. "What's in the package?" "Oh, probably a bomb." That's a... joke? ...your author asks. They evacuate the base. When they find out it's a joke…

This edition of Inspection was only a draft until I was reminded of it a few days ago. A caller to a talk show: Thom Hartmann, brought up the topic,…

This column was also published as From the Bottle Collection, another column I write. If you're into extreme beer, or beer that has plenty of pleasurable taste, please savor a…

I have noticed among many of us who do celebrate Christmas... We celebrate his birth. We observe his death. We celebrate his resurrection. Everything between? Not so much. Jesus didn't…

A story about what happened after the 2008 election that needs to be told long before November 2012. A few years ago; maybe about 2005, I wrote an edition of…