David Sherman   In between the endless reports of ignorance, cruelty, hate, in between the beer commercials and ads for 4-wheel trucks and SUVs plowing through mountains and swamps that no one watching is likely to do, there is reprieve. There is beauty and magic. There is humanity in some of its finest forms -- grace, speed, athleticism and tradition. In the frozen north we were weaned on it. We take it for granted but now, more than ever, it’s worth taking a breath and appr

Contributed by Peter Jarosz I unwrapped the future in a box. As I took the cover off, No sooner I saw the present, It became the past. Now, a memory of time.

Philip Marlowe, PhD* Look. This column isn’t here to tuck you in or tell you what you want to hear. It’s here to tell you what’s true, or close enough to keep you out of worse trouble. I’ve walked enough dark streets to know that most problems don’t start big — they start small, with a bad hunch ignored and a cheap promise taken seriously. If your conscience is knocking and you don’t like the sound of it, you can slide your problem across the desk. I don’t promise any miracle