Safety and Vigilance During Our Private Code Yellows- May 17, 2006 Asked by an acquaintance why he liked having five pit bulls around, 78-year-old Raymond Tomco reportedly said he "liked that the dogs were protectors." Whatever peace of mind the dogs brought him, however, turned to terror last week when at least one of them attacked and killed him in his home.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/16/AR2006051601610.html?nav=r... Mother, the Gift That Keeps on Giving- May 14, 2006 My mother doesn't seem to enjoy my Mother's Day tributes as much as she used to. (I can hear her already: "I never said I don't enjoy your Mother's Day tributes as much as I used to.") Trust me. When a mom starts saying things like, "Everybody's got a mother; why harp on me" as she's been doing lately, you get the message. Mothers aren't the only ones with intuition.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/13/AR2006051301249.html?nav=r... Washington Has Much To Feel Upbeat About- May 10, 2006 Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain, could not have met Richard Montgomery, the first general to die in the Revolutionary War. And who knows whether either of them knew Thomas, the sixth Lord Fairfax But the counties named after the three men do meet, and together they make up the core of one fabulous metropolitan area: Ours.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/09/AR2006050901641.html?nav=r... Baseball's Greed Is Enough To Put Anyone's Game Off- May 3, 2006 There was a time, in my youth, when few possessions were more prized than a new baseball glove. You'd break it in by oiling it, folding it, placing it under your mattress and sleeping on it. In your dreams, no pop fly would be too high or line drive hit too hard to catch in your genuine cowhide, coffee-brown, Willie Mays-endorsed glove.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/02/AR2006050201552.html?nav=r... |