Cook: You’ve been Skillerned
The folks at Merriam-Webster Collegiate have just updated their dictionary, announcing Monday the addition of 150 new words.
Cook: To high school graduates
Congratulations. What a special weekend. Graduation is this really sweet ceremony of in-betweenness, like getting bear-hugged by the Past and the Future at the same time.
Cook: They pledge allegiance
Standing there with my press credentials and flinty newsroom gruff, I'm listening to the mayor speak on Thursday morning, trying to think up some hardnosed Woodward-and-Bernstein question, when blast it, I get choked up. Teary. A little weak in the knees. A little verklempt.
Cook: All the river, half the road
Reporting from the Boulder of the East, here's a double espresso of outdoor news.
Cook: The $900 million gamble
The state is gambling $900 million that the 21st century will look like the 20th.
Cook: Death be not proud
Even dead, they suffer.
Cook: Contempt of court
Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb
Cook: A league of her own
If I was a woman, I'd want to join the Junior League.
Cook: Voting the Democrat ballot
• Registered voters can cast their ballot today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (EDT) and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. (CDT).
Cook: Where the wild hybrids are
The news out of Mexico came fast and without warning, like a mule kick to the you-know-what.
