by Susan | Feb 14, 2020 | Express-News Columns
I imagine St. Valentine and Martin Luther King Jr. hanging out in heaven, leaning against the pearly gates, trading war stories — no, make that peace stories. The two martyrs had much in common. Like being thrown in prison for civil disobedience. King’s use of...
by Susan | Jul 4, 2018 | Express-News Columns
by Susan Ives Originally published in the San Antonio Express-News, July 4, 2004 Aunt Lydia would bring hot dogs. Aunt Alma marched through the kitchen carrying her big plastic bowl singing, “Stuck a feather in his hat and called it …” and we’d all chime in,...
by Susan | Mar 22, 2018 | Express-News Columns
Originally published in the San Antonio Express-News February 20, 2005 by Susan Ives There were hiking boots next to tennis shoes, fuzzy bedroom slippers alongside down-at-the-heel oxfords and at least one pair of those hideous dyed-to-match silk pumps that...
by Susan | Mar 22, 2018 | Express-News Columns
Originally published in the San Antonio Express-News May 11 2003 by Susan Ives This is a math moment. When I was in college we were taught “the calculus of voting.” Professors recognize that the reason people major in political science is to avoid calculus...
by Susan | Mar 22, 2018 | Express-News Columns
Originally published in the San Antonio Express-News March 13, 2005 by Susan Ives The calendar for March sounds like a comedy routine. The International Women’s Day march was on March 5. We will march on March 19th to mark the start of the war in Iraq. The Cesar...
by Susan | Mar 22, 2018 | Express-News Columns
Originally published in the San Antonio Express-News, May 29, 2005 by Susan Ives I’ve enjoyed talking about the filibuster controversy, if for no other reason that the word itself is quite the silliest sounding I have ever heard. Filibuster, from the Dutch...
