While colleges are typically perceived as dominated by leftwing faculty, a common stereotype holds that Democrats are particularly common in the humanities fields while more ideological diversity is present in the hard sciences.

Starla Smith is my favorite Catholic, after being ONE of my favorite Baptist and Methodist. She has refrained from trying to lure me into joining her to travel down the road to Sainthood..

Be careful how you vote My late father had pretty traditional views when it came to politics. As one who survived the Great Depression, he thought Franklin D.

Always time for a laugh In these trying times, it’s always good to take time for a good laugh, sometimes from unexpected sources. See if any of these fit your mood, past, present or future.

The infection broke out while we were on family vacation. I’m not sure of the source but the fact we were all sleeping in one large room spread the contagion quickly.

You are a caregiver. That very much over-stressed, overworked and under-appreciated person who along with probably many others, holds the anonymous title of WORLD’S MOST PATIENT PERSON.

Sharp minds for little children A first grade school teacher had 25 students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom the first half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb.

Idiots dwell among us Credit for these little goodies goes to my No. 1 correspondent, Al Wilburn.

When I was yet a schoolboy over at Stonewall, my night job was running the projectors at the local movie house. The Main. People sometimes would stop me and ask me about their favorite movie star. It was usually a horse. You see, every Friday night a new weekend slate of movies started. A serial, a Warner Brother’s cartoon, and a fresh class A Newsreel from Path A News. My dad was sort of a news junkie, so he bought Class A Newsreels. The latest. The others were the same just four or five days older.