Friday, June 27, 2008 Thief Stole Purse, Sense of Safety By Jim Belshaw Journal Staff Writer Early in the afternoon of a warm summer day, Annie lost $300 and the illusion of safety, the illusion we all operate under, the expectation of routine, the sense that everything around us is as it should ... full story 06/27/08
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Nothing Gets Past Observant News Readers By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal Let’s see, where were we … ah, yes — swastikas, air travel, headlines that grate on the nerves, complaining too much, the Obama anti-Christ conspiracy and the chicken conspiracy. I wasn’t aware ... full story 06/25/08
Friday, June 20, 2008 It's All About Muscle Tone By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal "Some things they shouldn't make you do," Fred said from his hospital bed at Presbyterian. He was talking about the support hose somebody was helping him put on. He's 77, an old-school guy. Medical necessity ... full story 06/20/08
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Family, City Rise Above Swastika Graffiti By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal When you consider all that has preceded the threadbare cliché now embedded in the stucco on the front of Mikey Weinstein's house, it's something of a surprise that it took this long to happen. Three ... full story 06/18/08
Friday, June 6, 2008 Obama's Run Stirs Hope, Pride By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal "My mother used to tell me when I was 6 years old (in 1921), when people ask you what you're going to be when you grow up, tell them you're going to be the first Negro president of the United States. I worked up the ... full story 06/05/08
Friday, May 30, 2008 Conductor Finds His Way to Carnegie Hall By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal Old joke: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice! In Manhattan last week, somebody sold a lot of black T-shirts with that old joke printed on the front and back. Every time I stepped ... full story 05/30/08
Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Youths Will Win Gay Argument By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal My money is on the Clovis young'uns. Not all of them, of course. Nothing is ever 100 percent. But I'm betting there's a slowly emerging majority, just as there is in other Clovises around the land. The Clovis ... full story 05/28/08
Friday, May 16, 2008 'Hate' Has Become A Catch-All Word By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal Angry phone message. Not just angry. Furious. It came from a woman, and I wish I'd saved it so I could quote it accurately, but she didn't leave a name or number, and as a rule I hit the delete button on anonymous ... full story 05/15/08
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Humor Might Help Us Agree to Disagree By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal How about if we invite Barney Frank to dinner? If we can't get him (busy guy), maybe we could invite Barney Frank's style to dinner. We might study him, see how he gets things done with people who think ... full story 05/14/08
Friday, May 9, 2008 Iraq Sparks Other 'Wars' at Home By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal Last week in this space, a reader told of a dinner party at her house that came to an unhappy end when the Iraq war came up in conversation. Friends got up and left, one of them later e-mailing an official end ... full story 05/09/08
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