Today is Monday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2025. There are 30 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a Black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The incident sparked a yearlong ...
Today is Saturday, Nov. 29, the 333rd day of 2025. There are 32 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 29, 1864, a Colorado militia launched an unprovoked attack on an encampment of Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribal members, killing an estimated 230 people. Also on this date: In ...
Among the seasonal foods that get better a few days after the event is the cranberry sauce. Some like it sweet, some like it brandied or nutted. Some do it with jalapenos, and if today were a dish, that would be the one -- cranberries with a kick. Mercury goes direct and then Venus starts an ...
Dear Annie: Though I'm young, I often feel as if I'm living the life of someone much older. This past year, many brewing family crises collided between March and April. One relative passed away from a condition we all knew about, but the loss still hit hard. Around the same time, my father ...
Today is Thursday, Nov. 27, the 331st day of 2025. There are 34 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 27, 1978, San Francisco Mayor George Moscone (mah-SKOH’-nee) and city supervisor and gay rights activist Harvey Milk were fatally shot inside City Hall by former Supervisor Dan ...
In this time of thanksgiving, I type with grateful fingers to the ones who have challenged my every day with the task of turning that most complex of conundrums over and over in my curiosity: What are we all doing here together under these stars? Thank you, dear reader, for joining me in the ...
