William Neikirk

At the meat counter, ''choice'' denotes high quality. In fact, the word originated in a culinary context. To choose meant to select superior, delicious food. From there the word developed...

The country`s leader despairs at the general level of decadence and corruption of his people and decides to turn over the reins temporarily to a morally stern underling. A crackdown...

Around my home town are mountains. As kids we used to climb to the peak of one and yell at the top of our lungs into the valley below to...

Just when you thought everyone had forgotten about it, Prohibition is about to make a comeback. Not against Demon Rum, of course, but against Demon Deficit. The problem is that...

Presidential candidate Ross Perot would develop his various programs for the nation by staging electronic town halls to hear what its owners, the people, want to do. Then, we are...

As she walked through the gritty streets of the city, the outline of desperate-looking men lurking in the shadows did not bother her. Even as they advanced threateningly toward her,...

They`ve just begun a recycling program in my area, a fact for which the entire neighborhood is grateful. Localities, it seems, are doing a much better job than the federal...

I have a friend who often talks to the press about economic affairs, sometimes too candidly for his own good. His company, a big investment firm, occasionally cracks the whip...

The tendency was to think of the disturbing television scenes as just another California fantasy, a violent flick that could be dismissed at the end of the day. Together, we...

It was Paul Tsongas who kept the jobs issue alive in the presidential campaign. As he slowly fades from sight, some believe the issue will fade too. That`s because the...