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ruta

  • Joined: February 25, 2026
  • Articles: 160

This column may be disturbing

As a TV news anchor, I try to avoid clichés because they turn up on the news (local and national) a lot. If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard, “The investigation is continuing,” I’d have some serious cash. I mean, that should be obvious. We all know that cops aren’t going to leave the scene and say: “You know what? I’m stumped. Let’s just go to Wendy’s and hope the whole thing blows over.” And then there’s “literally.” Reporters often say, “Police are literally combing this neighborhood for clues.” That must be one big comb.

The lessons of Passover

Even people who don’t celebrate Passover have been exposed to lessons from the Exodus (if only through Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments,”) but some of us retain water better than we retain the significance of the parting of the Red Sea.