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February 8, 2021

I’m not a dog person. Don’t judge me.

Someone gave me a puppy when I was about 6 years old. He was a beagle mix, solid black except for the white tip of his tail. Naturally,…

January 25, 2021

Taking a stand — on one knee

A few weeks ago, I wrote a piece that was highly critical of the University of Kentucky basketball program and college basketball in general. That piece…

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January 1, 2021

Confessions of a ‘fair-weather fan’

Last Saturday, I skipped watching nearly all of the basketball game between the universities of Kentucky and Louisville for the first time in my memory.….

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November 20, 2020

Voter apathy? Not so fast

For as long as I can recall, pundits and “average Joes” alike have lamented the fact that Americans do not vote in large numbers. This…

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September 4, 2020

Life’s transitions reveal our inner selves

My 59th birthday is now just a month away. As I prepare for my last year of what most folks call middle-age, I’ve been doing a lot…

August 28, 2020

Who do you trust?

What follows is an actual — albeit lightly edited — portion of an online conversation I had last week with a social media correspondent. I’ll call…

August 7, 2020

John Lewis’ legacy of passive resistance

I was a kid in the 1960s. I was too young to scarcely notice, much less comprehend, the tremendous changes occurring in the US. I did have…

July 17, 2020

Changing team names put in perspective

Our priorities are out of whack. This week, the owner of the NFL football franchise in Washington, DC, announced the organization would be changing its name.…

The author and his Pop, May, 2007
June 19, 2020

Remembering my “Pop”

I’m a proud second-generation Greek-American. My father, George Koutoulas, came alone to the U.S. in 1955 when he was 19 to work in his uncle’s…

June 12, 2020

On Juneteenth, let’s be ‘better together’

This week, I was educated on an American holiday known as “Juneteenth.” Before this, about all I knew about the holiday was that it occurred in…

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