Maybe it will surprise you, but I am only a recent convert to one of the best television comedies of all time. I know you guys find that hard to believe, but, yes, my wife and I started watching Everybody Loves Raymond just this year, long after the much-honored series had left the air in fact. Once we started though, we were hooked, and fortunately for us, you can catch the show at least four times each evening in central Arkansas.

By Mark Bivens

Everybody was going to get rich. It was going to be so easy it would be hard to find someone foolish enough to turn down the opportunity.

Vandals are a strange breed. Not a good breed — just a strange one.

By Charley Reese

I'll tell you exactly why liberals, both black and white, have been shredding, obsessing over and questioning the motives of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The Rev. Wright is what people in the Old South used to call an "uppity (N-word)."

He does not lower his eyes, bow and scrape, eat crow or humble pie, or apologize. If you insult him, he'll insult you back. I like the guy a whole lot. I disagree with him on some points, but I've come to like and admire him. He makes a better speech than most candidates, and certainly a better and more intelligent one than the so-called pundits.