Opinion

At one time, everybody subscribed to at least one magazine. Maybe it was Life , the king of the magazines, both in circulation and format. It had a competitor, called Look , but we were a Life magazine family.

The invitation to the kids was always the same: “OK, kids, who wants to help me make root beer? The answer was always the same: “Hey, yeah! “ In the 1950s and 60s, once or twice a year, come summer days, many assorted kids would answer the call.

I come from a family of couponers. On the rare occurrence my mother had to drag me to the supermarket as a child, I still remember her makeshift Rolodex of coupons – a Rolodex that only made sense to her.

Ah, youth! Oh the fire of it, more dazzling than the flames of the burning ship, throwing a magic light on the wide earth, leaping audaciously to the sky, presently to be quenched by time: more cruel, more pitiless, more bitter than the sea.

I come from a family of couponers. On the rare occurrence my mother had to drag me to the supermarket as a child, I still remember her makeshift Rolodex of coupons – a Rolodex that only made sense to her.

The United Conservative Party was elected this spring because a lot of people were unhappy. Now they face the task of making people happy, which is quite a different order of things. One of the first decisions was to cut corporate tax rates.

The United Conservative Party was elected this spring because a lot of people were unhappy. Now they face the task of making people happy, which is quite a different order of things. One of the first decisions was to cut corporate tax rates.

It's getting harder and harder to be virtuous these days. I mean, I really want to be a good person, but with as little effort as possible. Sadly, it's getting to the point where I'm really going to have to work at being a good citizen.

Nineteen sixty-nine keeps coming back as television celebrates the space race, Laugh-In , Sesame Street ’s launch and other milestones from 50 years ago.

Nineteen sixty-nine keeps coming back as television celebrates the space race, Laugh-In , Sesame Street ’s launch and other milestones from 50 years ago.