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Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

Certainly, I look forward to becoming reacquainted with all the groovy hairstyles, dated slang and kitschy doodads in a couple of years when my high school classmates open our 50-year time capsule. But I suspect most patriotic citizens are currently more focused on America’s Time Capsule.

That’s the one ...Read more

My second-grade teacher, Sister Mary, would be shocked that I turned out to be a writer.

Please allow me to explain.

In recent years, many schools within the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia have barred teachers from marking student papers in red.

Their thinking is that correcting young students with red pens is too ...Read more

Note to editors: A version of this column was last distributed by Cagle in 2017.

On St. Patrick’s Day, 1988, an unexpected visitor arrived at Pat Troy’s Irish pub, Ireland’s Own, in Alexandria, Va. — President Ronald Reagan.

The pub, now closed, had been a favorite watering hole for Washington insiders for more than 30 years. Reagan’...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

Blame it on Daylight Saving Time discombobulating my circadian rhythm, but a smorgasbord of random thoughts has swirled in my noggin recently.

I suspect other folks have something different in mind when they boast, “Livin’ the dream.” When I’m livin’ the dream, it usually means I’m not wearing any pants and ...Read more

Ah, St. Patrick's Day is upon us — a fine time to restore our sense of humor.

More than 20 years ago, British sociologist Christie Davies wrote in “The Mirth of Nations” that Americans were becoming as nervous about swapping jokes as people once were in communist Eastern Europe — a warning he issued well before cancel culture.

Which ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

I have a certain fondness for springtime (I like cutting back on propane usage and I cherish my wife’s pre-spring ritual of photographing our son in front of our daffodils), but I don’t go hog wild and pig crazy.

For instance, some folks are selfishly focused on their kite-flying and quaint festivals as the weather ...Read more

A few years ago, I hired a young man who lived nearby to chainsaw some trees on my property.

He used the money I paid him to buy drugs — and died from a bad batch of fentanyl-laced heroin.

Statistics will tell you he was one of the tens of thousands who have died from opioid addiction — a crisis that has devastated communities for years ...Read more

Tyrades! by Danny Tyree

“Per Ardua.” It really rolls off the tongue, doesn’t it?

According to internet sources devoted to family crests, coats of arms and surname histories, the Tyree family motto is Latin for “through difficulties.”

There’s no law against owning both a kilt and a thesaurus, so the motto of my Scots ancestors can ...Read more

Forbes says the “man purse” — or “murse” — is no longer just a trend, but a luxury must-have.

Featured heavily during Paris Men’s Fashion Week, designers presented murse styles from tiny satchels to purses larger than the one my mother used.

My mother’s purse contained Band-Aids, knitting yarn, granola bars, a plumber’s ...Read more