Opinion

Body Getting a dinner reservation at Per Se, New York’s restaurant of choice for the city’s royalty, is more difficult than entering the U.S. illegally.

Body Romans 8: 22 (NIV) - “We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.” Have you ever listened to the groan of a large wooden ship as it gives way to the tide?

Body Dear Neil: My daughter’s backyard is halfway filled with bamboo, and it’s spreading. How can we get rid of it? I really don’t want to sound like I’m exaggerating, but no invader that we have in our landscapes is any more difficult to eliminate.

Body When it became obvious that the Titanic was not going to survive its tragic collision with the iceberg in the North Atlantic, those in positions of authority started to do the human triage necessary in emergencies.

Body Major League Baseball’s player lockout had no sooner begun than commissioner Rob Manfred sent a letter to fans attempting to assuage ire about the possibility of another partial season – the sixth in 50 years – or even no season at all.

Body Dear Neil: I have four varieties of tomatoes, and all of them have started dying. What is causing the problem you can see in my photo? Your photo looks like early blight got them a couple of weeks ago.

Body As we approach the end of the first month of the new year, there is one thing we know as Christians remains the same - the great commission.

Body This year might be a good time to focus on a resolution that could save your life. While all notions of self-improvement have their value, driving is one area where our actions can affect not only ourselves, but other drivers and passengers on the road.

Body An anti-diet movement is afoot? Where can I sign up! According to the Wall Street Journal, more people are taking a more reasonable approach to dieting that lets them be healthy while staying at their nonskinny weight.

Body Misspeaking requires some knowledge of what you’re saying. For example, if you meant to order a Diet Coke but ordered a regular Coke because you didn’t specify “diet,” you would have realized, either at that moment or, when you took your first sip, that you misspoke.