Gene Lyons

When push comes to shove, what the vast majority really want is something like what happened in Congress last week — bipartisan cooperation and a functioning government.

Columnist Gene Lyons was out for a few weeks after he was diagnosed with several illnesses. Now that he’s back in the saddle, he writes about aging and what felt like a near-death experience.

Columnist Gene Lyons recalls how a cow named Trudy gave birth to a newborn calf who initially had trouble being nursed.

People inclined to see cats as pitiless and cruel, I’d suggest, have watched too many cartoons with singing mice. Cats lack the muscle structure to change expressions like a human or a dog, but they speak through body language and vocalization — mainly posture.

Chances are, if you live in an American city, particularly in the South — the most violent part of the country since forever — these things are familiar to you.

As 2024’s March Madness gets underway, columnist Gene Lyons reminisces over watching previous NCAA men’s college basketball tournaments and his love for watching them in a 2021 classic column.

President Biden appears unwilling to confront his unpopularity, while Donald Trump spouts brazen lies and is facing criminal trials.

Some MAGA supporters believe in a bizarre theory that the NFL championship will be fixed in order to have Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce endorse President Joe Biden on the playing field.

Some are online tough guys, Many are stymied by what I call the Mystery of the Apostrophe, as in “your” Trump Derangement Syndrome vs. “you’re a Commie.” Gene Lyons dissects his readers’ emails.