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class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Dec 08 2013 08:29:09</span> </h2> <p>Attention, holiday shoppers: Put away your wallets and credit cards.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/08/opinion/greene-sinatra-holiday-gift/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/01/opinion/greene-lady-bird-and-litter/index.html">Why you don't throw trash out the window</a><span time="1385910416" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Dec 01 2013 10:06:56</span> </h2> <p>You've probably seen it hundreds of times over this long holiday weekend:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/01/opinion/greene-lady-bird-and-litter/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/24/opinion/greene-health-care-for-thanksgiving/index.html">How about health care for Thanksgiving?</a><span time="1385303978" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Nov 24 2013 09:39:38</span> </h2> <p>There is a phrase that has long been used in certain big-city political circles.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/24/opinion/greene-health-care-for-thanksgiving/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/17/opinion/greene-crime-helpless/index.html">A disabled man, a heinous crime</a><span time="1384698024" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Nov 17 2013 09:20:24</span> </h2> <p>So that I could best understand the depth of his revulsion for the crime, the police investigator suggested that I pay a visit to the elevator where it allegedly took place.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/17/opinion/greene-crime-helpless/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/03/opinion/greene-doolittle-medal/index.html">Congress, give Doolittle Raiders their medal</a><span time="1383485887" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Nov 03 2013 08:38:07</span> </h2> <p>"I think, when the moment finally comes, I'll probably have mixed feelings about it," Dick Cole said. "It will be like coming to the last page of a book you don't want to end. The book has been a good one, but you're sad that it's over."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/03/opinion/greene-doolittle-medal/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/27/opinion/greene-white-sox-game/index.html">The most infamous World Series</a><span time="1382880663" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Oct 27 2013 09:31:03</span> </h2> <p>Throwing the World Series.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/27/opinion/greene-white-sox-game/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/20/opinion/greene-athletes-memories/index.html">Can memories be bought?</a><span time="1382273005" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Oct 20 2013 08:43:25</span> </h2> <p>Can your credit card buy you a second-hand memory?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/20/opinion/greene-athletes-memories/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/13/opinion/greene-baseball-lesson-for-shutdown/index.html">Baseball's lesson for Washington</a><span time="1381672410" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Oct 13 2013 09:53:30</span> </h2> <p>Official Washington, still stuck in the government shutdown of its own making, seems exceedingly short on wisdom these days. But maybe it is looking in the wrong places for answers.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/13/opinion/greene-baseball-lesson-for-shutdown/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/opinion/greene-taxpayer-shutdown/index.html">Taxpayers, you deserve your money back</a><span time="1380713209" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Oct 02 2013 07:26:49</span> </h2> <p>So, when can we expect our refund checks?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/02/opinion/greene-taxpayer-shutdown/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/29/opinion/greene-archie-comics/index.html">Why we still love Archie </a><span time="1380460519" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Sep 29 2013 09:15:19</span> </h2> <p>If a fellow is going to spend 55 years working in the same place, he would be wise to count his blessings that the place is Riverdale.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/29/opinion/greene-archie-comics/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/22/opinion/greene-dorothy-johnson-liberty-valance/index.html">The woman who wrote Liberty Valance</a><span time="1379854236" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Sep 22 2013 08:50:36</span> </h2> <p>No one ever handed her anything.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/22/opinion/greene-dorothy-johnson-liberty-valance/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/opinion/greene-van-gogh/index.html">Van Gogh and the art of living forever</a><span time="1379245364" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Sep 15 2013 07:42:44</span> </h2> <p>If you're good enough at what you do, it is possible to live forever.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/opinion/greene-van-gogh/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/08/opinion/greene-jukebox/index.html">Drop the smartphone, don't mess with the jukebox</a><span time="1378641657" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Sep 08 2013 08:00:57</span> </h2> <p>Chuck Berry was nowhere in the tavern, either in person or on record. But inside my head I was hearing his voice:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/08/opinion/greene-jukebox/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/01/opinion/greene-products-labor-day/index.html">Products fade away, not American workers</a><span time="1378045708" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Sep 01 2013 10:28:28</span> </h2> <p>"De Soto, Holder of Twenty-nine World Records, builds a new aero-dynamic car at popular prices ... This year De Soto does the unexpected again ... introduces not one new car ... but two! ... We can't describe the new Airflow model. You will have to see it yourself to know how truly beautiful it is."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/01/opinion/greene-products-labor-day/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/25/opinion/greene-baseball-radio/index.html">Are ads ruining baseball on the radio?</a><span time="1377437847" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Aug 25 2013 09:37:27</span> </h2> <p>Baseball. The radio. Summer.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/25/opinion/greene-baseball-radio/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/18/opinion/greene-penneys-james-dean/index.html">Could James Dean save J. C. Penney?</a><span time="1376834966" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Aug 18 2013 10:09:26</span> </h2> <p>The answer to J. C. Penney's endless woes is right in front of its corporate eyes.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/18/opinion/greene-penneys-james-dean/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/11/opinion/greene-waffle-fedex/index.html">Waffles and FedEx: An American tale</a><span time="1376224077" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Aug 11 2013 08:27:57</span> </h2> <p>Occasionally, at odd hours, you may find that you have a Waffle House all to yourself.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/11/opinion/greene-waffle-fedex/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/04/opinion/greene-rejection-success/index.html">The man who turned rejection into a career</a><span time="1375623762" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Aug 04 2013 09:42:42</span> </h2> <p>Rejection -- even repeated rejection -- doesn't have to mean defeat.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/04/opinion/greene-rejection-success/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/28/opinion/greene-cluster-post-office/index.html">Goodbye, mail carrier; hello, cluster mailboxes</a><span time="1375017310" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jul 28 2013 09:15:10</span> </h2> <p>Cluster boxes.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/28/opinion/greene-cluster-post-office/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/21/opinion/greene-rowling-author/index.html">A better story than J.K. Rowling's</a><span time="1374414512" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jul 21 2013 09:48:32</span> </h2> <p>The J.K. Rowling/Robert Galbraith tale is a great and irresistible publishing story -- but it's only the second-best I've ever heard.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/21/opinion/greene-rowling-author/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/14/opinion/greene-carry-on-luggage/index.html">They wouldn't charge for carry-on luggage -- would they?</a><span time="1373813617" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jul 14 2013 10:53:37</span> </h2> <p>Businesses exist to make a profit.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/14/opinion/greene-carry-on-luggage/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/07/opinion/greene-court-zimmerman/index.html">Zimmerman-like drama may be as close as local courthouse</a><span time="1373203058" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jul 07 2013 09:17:38</span> </h2> <p>It goes on every day, in every county in the United States.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/07/opinion/greene-court-zimmerman/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/30/opinion/greene-the-cruise-life/index.html">Living like a sultan at sea</a><span time="1372606828" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jun 30 2013 11:40:28</span> </h2> <p>The cruise-line industry is a rough business.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/30/opinion/greene-the-cruise-life/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/23/opinion/greene-living-to-150/index.html">Would you want to live to 150?</a><span time="1371993507" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jun 23 2013 09:18:27</span> </h2> <p>How many years would you like to live?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/23/opinion/greene-living-to-150/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/16/opinion/greene-lone-ranger/index.html">The way of the Lone Ranger</a><span time="1371387763" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jun 16 2013 09:02:43</span> </h2> <p>"The Lone Ranger" is expected to be one of the biggest movies of the summer; it opens over the long Fourth of July weekend, and the promotional buildup is in high gear.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/16/opinion/greene-lone-ranger/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/opinion/greene-theater-on-river/index.html">When the audience paddles up to the play</a><span time="1370177719" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jun 02 2013 08:55:19</span> </h2> <p>Now, this just may be the best entertainment news of the summer.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/02/opinion/greene-theater-on-river/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/26/opinion/greene-ohio-highway-memorials/index.html">In Ohio, signs of soldiers' sacrifice</a><span time="1369573623" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun May 26 2013 09:07:03</span> </h2> <p>The names on the formal, state-government-erected memorial signs by the sides of Ohio highways are not famous to the outside world.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/26/opinion/greene-ohio-highway-memorials/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/19/opinion/greene-day-of-darkness/index.html">When May 19 became the day of darkness</a><span time="1368971108" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun May 19 2013 09:45:08</span> </h2> <p>The date, in that long-gone American spring, was the same as today's: May 19.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/19/opinion/greene-day-of-darkness/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/12/opinion/greene-miss-twyford/index.html">A Mother's Day card for Miss Twyford</a><span time="1368362002" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun May 12 2013 08:33:22</span> </h2> <p>The letter in the U.S. mail came as a surprise.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/12/opinion/greene-miss-twyford/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/05/opinion/greene-sioux-city-airport/index.html">Sioux City SUX, and that's OK </a><span time="1367758639" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun May 05 2013 08:57:19</span> </h2> <p>"We don't really care what the federal government wants to call us," Aran Rush was saying the other afternoon. "We know that we're a good place."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/05/opinion/greene-sioux-city-airport/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/28/opinion/greene-big-brother/index.html">Is Big Brother coming to your job?</a><span time="1367152787" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Apr 28 2013 08:39:47</span> </h2> <p>How much do you hate it when some meddling boss is leaning way-too-close over your shoulder, micro-checking and second-guessing every bit of work you do?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/28/opinion/greene-big-brother/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/21/opinion/greene-shea-billy-graham-singer/index.html">Billy Graham's other voice</a><span time="1366552119" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Apr 21 2013 09:48:39</span> </h2> <p>Devoted fans.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/21/opinion/greene-shea-billy-graham-singer/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/14/opinion/greene-doolittle-raiders/index.html">A final toast for the Doolittle Raiders</a><span time="1365947114" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Apr 14 2013 09:45:14</span> </h2> <p>It's the cup of brandy that no one wants to drink.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/14/opinion/greene-doolittle-raiders/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/opinion/greene-roger-ebert/index.html">Ebert's sheer love of life</a><span time="1365119084" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Thu Apr 04 2013 19:44:44</span> </h2> <p>We were in touch two weeks ago; Roger Ebert was my friend for more than 40 years, and toward the end of March he took it upon himself to send out one of my CNN columns to his more than 800,000 Twitter followers, and I thanked him for his graciousness and generosity, which were constant.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/opinion/greene-roger-ebert/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/31/opinion/greene-winky-dink-bill-gates/index.html">Winky Dink and ... Bill Gates?</a><span time="1364732210" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Mar 31 2013 08:16:50</span> </h2> <p>If you're standing in the rain at the bus stop tomorrow morning, trying to get to work, and if, in the downpour, you should notice that waiting patiently for the bus with you is Bill Gates. . . .</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/31/opinion/greene-winky-dink-bill-gates/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/24/opinion/greene-cigarettes/index.html">Why cigarettes are here to stay</a><span time="1364125632" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Mar 24 2013 07:47:12</span> </h2> <p>Whether you're a three-pack-a-day smoker who doesn't like being lectured to about the health risks, or you're a person who doesn't touch cigarettes and wouldn't smoke one if you were offered a Ferrari in exchange, picture this:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/24/opinion/greene-cigarettes/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/17/opinion/greene-paper/index.html">In digital age, recall beauty of paper</a><span time="1363524296" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Mar 17 2013 08:44:56</span> </h2> <p>While the rest of the world last week was fixating on the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, waiting to see whether the smoke would be black or white, it wasn't the smoke that intrigued me.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/17/opinion/greene-paper/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/greene-pope-moment/index.html">The biggest moment in the world</a><span time="1363213298" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Wed Mar 13 2013 18:21:38</span> </h2> <p>You could see it in his eyes.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/13/opinion/greene-pope-moment/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/10/opinion/greene-senators-team-name/index.html">No one will ever name a sports team this way</a><span time="1362918401" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Mar 10 2013 08:26:41</span> </h2> <p>In American professional sports, you can name a team almost anything.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/10/opinion/greene-senators-team-name/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/03/opinion/greene-washington-ineffectual/index.html">An ineffectual Washington blew it</a><span time="1362319528" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Mar 03 2013 09:05:28</span> </h2> <p>What should most worry the leaders of the federal government -- the president, the top officials in Congress, Democrats, Republicans, everyone who failed to find a way to avoid the forced budget cuts?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/03/opinion/greene-washington-ineffectual/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/24/opinion/greene-minimum-wage/index.html">What if there were no minimum wage?</a><span time="1361714437" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Feb 24 2013 09:00:37</span> </h2> <p>Here's a question for you:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/24/opinion/greene-minimum-wage/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/17/opinion/greene-slave-narrative/index.html">America's 'Slave Narratives' should shock us</a><span time="1361108270" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Feb 17 2013 08:37:50</span> </h2> <p>"I was owned by Johnson Bell and born in New Orleans, in Louisiana."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/17/opinion/greene-slave-narrative/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/12/opinion/greene-democracy-talks-back/index.html">In 2013, democracy talks back about State of the Union</a><span time="1360731054" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Tue Feb 12 2013 23:50:54</span> </h2> <p>"To report the state of the union."</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/12/opinion/greene-democracy-talks-back/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/10/opinion/greene-grammy-musicians/index.html">What's better than a Grammy? Immortality</a><span time="1360504421" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Feb 10 2013 08:53:41</span> </h2> <p>Memo to Carly Rae Jepsen, Frank Ocean, Hunter Hayes, Mumford & Sons, Miguel, the Alabama Shakes and all the other young singers and bands who are nominated for Sunday night's Grammy Awards:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/10/opinion/greene-grammy-musicians/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/opinion/greene-paul-harvey/index.html">Super Bowl ad revives iconic American voice</a><span time="1360015517" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Mon Feb 04 2013 17:05:17</span> </h2> <p>Mr. Harvey would be so proud today.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/opinion/greene-paul-harvey/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/opinion/greene-four-chaplains/index.html">Real heroes: four died so others might live</a><span time="1359907509" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Feb 03 2013 11:05:09</span> </h2> <p>By the end of the Super Bowl on Sunday night, one or more professional football players will be hailed for their valor, for their guts, for their devotion to their teammates.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/opinion/greene-four-chaplains/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/27/opinion/greene-sports-stats/index.html">When sports stats ruin the fun</a><span time="1359293527" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jan 27 2013 08:32:07</span> </h2> <p>As the buildup to next Sunday's Super Bowl intensifies, a simple question for your consideration:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/27/opinion/greene-sports-stats/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/20/opinion/greene-hail-to-the-chief/index.html">Why 'Hail to the Chief' remains unsung</a><span time="1358686706" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jan 20 2013 07:58:26</span> </h2> <p>There will be a good deal of public singing these next few days, during the parties, celebrations and services surrounding the inauguration, and at the inaugural ceremonies themselves.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/20/opinion/greene-hail-to-the-chief/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/13/opinion/greene-names-changing/index.html">Where have you gone Nancy and Joe?</a><span time="1358089025" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jan 13 2013 09:57:05</span> </h2> <p>"Hey, Joe!"</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/13/opinion/greene-names-changing/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/06/opinion/greene-electronics-on-planes/index.html">Cell phones on planes? For texting, not gabbing</a><span time="1357485059" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jan 06 2013 10:10:59</span> </h2> <p>Let's say that you're the Federal Aviation Administration.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/06/opinion/greene-electronics-on-planes/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/opinion/greene-first-responders/index.html">In the new year, be a first responder</a><span time="1356877264" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Dec 30 2012 09:21:04</span> </h2> <p>This is the week, every year, when you come across special displays in bookstores.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/30/opinion/greene-first-responders/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/16/opinion/greene-connecticut-shooting/index.html">Has life in America gone insane?</a><span time="1355662750" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Dec 16 2012 07:59:10</span> </h2> <p>Taking attendance.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/16/opinion/greene-connecticut-shooting/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/09/opinion/greene-kirk-douglas/index.html">Kirk Douglas turns 96: Last of the screen idols</a><span time="1355062759" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Dec 09 2012 09:19:19</span> </h2> <p>At dinnertime the other evening I walked into a seafood restaurant in a small strip mall off U.S. 41 in southwestern Florida.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/09/opinion/greene-kirk-douglas/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/25/opinion/greene-philip-roth-retires/index.html">Philip Roth retires, undefeated</a><span time="1353855083" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Nov 25 2012 09:51:23</span> </h2> <p>If, say, Justin Bieber were to offhandedly announce that he will never record another song; if Kristen Stewart were to proclaim that she is finished acting forever; if LeBron James were to declare that he has played his last game of basketball. ...</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/25/opinion/greene-philip-roth-retires/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/18/opinion/greene-black-friday/index.html">Is Black Friday edging out Thanksgiving?</a><span time="1353245957" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Nov 18 2012 08:39:17</span> </h2> <p>The debate over whether the hand-to-hand-combat excesses of Black Friday represent a grotesque over-commercialization of the holiday season has lost its meaning.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/18/opinion/greene-black-friday/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/11/opinion/greene-national-pastime/index.html">What's the new national pastime?</a><span time="1352645813" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Nov 11 2012 09:56:53</span> </h2> <p>In a country as splintered as the United States has become, can there be any such thing as a national pastime?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/11/opinion/greene-national-pastime/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/04/opinion/greene-campaign-defeat/index.html">What it's like to lose the election</a><span time="1352031523" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Nov 04 2012 07:18:43</span> </h2> <p>They're not just constant characters on a television screen, these candidates who every four years seek the presidency. They're not present only to give us something to talk about for months on end.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/04/opinion/greene-campaign-defeat/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/28/opinion/greene-robocalls/index.html">Want to be a national hero? End robocalls</a><span time="1351430733" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Oct 28 2012 09:25:33</span> </h2> <p>How annoying and frustrating have calls from telemarketers, and robocalls pitching useless and sometimes fraudulent services, become?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/28/opinion/greene-robocalls/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/21/opinion/greene-mcgovern/index.html">McGovern, a strong man who overcame defeat</a><span time="1350829252" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Oct 21 2012 10:20:52</span> </h2> <p>Pat Nixon had taken Mamie Eisenhower out to lunch. This was in the summer of 1973; the wife of one president and the widow of another talked quietly in the dining room of the United States Senate.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/21/opinion/greene-mcgovern/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/14/opinion/greene-stuck-elevator-debate/index.html">Let candidates debate one-on-one</a><span time="1350222638" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Oct 14 2012 09:50:38</span> </h2> <p>Over the years, it seems that just about every format imaginable has been used for debates between presidential candidates.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/14/opinion/greene-stuck-elevator-debate/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/opinion/greene-cyber-real/index.html">There's nothing virtual about cyber attacks</a><span time="1349610831" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Oct 07 2012 07:53:51</span> </h2> <p>When a group halfway around the world, without setting foot on American soil, can claim responsibility for preventing a man in Wichita, Kansas, or a woman in Shreveport, Louisiana, from gaining online access to his or her own money in the local bank, it would seem to be a pretty big deal. Something to worry about.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/07/opinion/greene-cyber-real/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/30/opinion/greene-debates/index.html">When candidates said 'no' to debates</a><span time="1349012872" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Sep 30 2012 09:47:52</span> </h2> <p>Who can ever forget the electrifying series of presidential debates in which Lyndon B. Johnson, outlining his Great Society program, went head-to-head in 1964 with Republican nominee Barry Goldwater, who boldly stood his ground on rock-solid, small-government ideals?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/30/opinion/greene-debates/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/16/opinion/greene-dantes-band/index.html">An almost rock star still doing the thing he loves</a><span time="1347802262" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Sep 16 2012 09:31:02</span> </h2> <p>We just knew they were going to be huge stars, internationally famous, wealthy beyond imagining.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/16/opinion/greene-dantes-band/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/09/opinion/greene-salesman-ohio/index.html">In Ohio, candidates are salesmen trying to close the deal</a><span time="1347196455" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Sep 09 2012 09:14:15</span> </h2> <p>"Excuse me," the woman called. "Is the president still speaking?"</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/09/opinion/greene-salesman-ohio/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/opinion/greene-campaign-mud-slinging/index.html">Mudslinging campaigns hurt the country</a><span time="1346595166" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Sep 02 2012 10:12:46</span> </h2> <p>There is a phrase that has long been used in discussing nuclear warfare:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/02/opinion/greene-campaign-mud-slinging/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/26/opinion/greene-oval-office/index.html">The Oval Office doesn't last</a><span time="1345989129" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Aug 26 2012 09:52:09</span> </h2> <p>As rooms go, it's quite nice.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/26/opinion/greene-oval-office/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/19/opinion/greene-flying-celebrities/index.html">When flying was a thrill</a><span time="1345382504" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Aug 19 2012 09:21:44</span> </h2> <p>Have you been flying much this summer?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/19/opinion/greene-flying-celebrities/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/12/opinion/greene-olympics-bond/index.html">James Bond on Her Majesty's Secret Service</a><span time="1344778010" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Aug 12 2012 09:26:50</span> </h2> <p>During the Olympic Games in London, which will end with Sunday's closing ceremony, there have been many memorable moments:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/12/opinion/greene-olympics-bond/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/opinion/greene-eagleton-vice-president/index.html">Why candidates hate VP surprises</a><span time="1344171142" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Aug 05 2012 08:52:22</span> </h2> <p>Outside, there was an old black dog next to a tree. The dog kept barking.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/05/opinion/greene-eagleton-vice-president/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/29/opinion/greene-dear-dead/index.html">Is 'Dear' dead?</a><span time="1343568002" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jul 29 2012 09:20:02</span> </h2> <p>Dear reader:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/29/opinion/greene-dear-dead/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/22/opinion/greene-olympics-amateurs/index.html">What changed the Olympics forever</a><span time="1342964389" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jul 22 2012 09:39:49</span> </h2> <p>For all the cheers, roars and ovations in all the Olympic stadiums and arenas over all the years, perhaps the most significant Olympic sound heard in the last quarter-century was a yawn.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/22/opinion/greene-olympics-amateurs/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/21/opinion/greene-movie/index.html">When it's not 'only a movie'</a><span time="1342878021" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sat Jul 21 2012 09:40:21</span> </h2> <p>It is the implicit bargain every moviegoer makes.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/21/opinion/greene-movie/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/15/opinion/greene-face-in-the-crowd/index.html">Andy Griffith's crowning achievement</a><span time="1342356499" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jul 15 2012 08:48:19</span> </h2> <p>What must it be like to step to the plate for your first appearance as a major-league baseball player and knock a grand-slam home run into the far reaches of the seats in Yankee Stadium?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/15/opinion/greene-face-in-the-crowd/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/08/opinion/greene-heat-technology/index.html">Heat wave lesson: We take comfort for granted</a><span time="1341753207" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jul 08 2012 09:13:27</span> </h2> <p>The startling thing, in the long run, is not that the power went out and stayed out in so many parts of the United States during the week just ended.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/08/opinion/greene-heat-technology/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/01/opinion/greene-elected-officials/index.html">Why do we pay politicians for no results?</a><span time="1341150156" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jul 01 2012 09:42:36</span> </h2> <p>If the furnace in your basement stopped working, and you hired a company to repair it, what would you do if several of the workers came upstairs, told you they couldn't figure out how to get the furnace started, and then began pointing fingers at each other and saying:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/01/opinion/greene-elected-officials/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/24/opinion/greene-eisenhower/index.html">On the queen's jubilee, thank Ike, too</a><span time="1340546395" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jun 24 2012 09:59:55</span> </h2> <p>All eyes are on London this summer. The Olympic Games begin next month; earlier this month, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee provided glorious pictures and joyous sounds to the watching world.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/24/opinion/greene-eisenhower/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/opinion/greene-showrooming/index.html">Will 'showrooming' kill businesses?</a><span time="1339935591" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jun 17 2012 08:19:51</span> </h2> <p>In a bookstore, I saw a woman taking photograph after photograph of newly released titles that were arranged on a shelf. She was using her phone to take the pictures.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/opinion/greene-showrooming/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/10/opinion/greene-bobby-vee/index.html">Bobby Vee's bravest song</a><span time="1339333460" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jun 10 2012 09:04:20</span> </h2> <p>It is such a cruel disease, one that can sneak up on a person and catch him unawares.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/10/opinion/greene-bobby-vee/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/03/opinion/greene-queen/index.html">Bumming a smoke from the queen: When the security bubble bursts</a><span time="1338727551" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Jun 03 2012 08:45:51</span> </h2> <p>So there he was, sitting on the queen's bed, wearing a soiled T-shirt and jeans, holding a broken ashtray and bleeding from a cut on his hand:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/03/opinion/greene-queen/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/26/opinion/greene-peace/index.html">The cost of peace</a><span time="1338089309" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sat May 26 2012 23:28:29</span> </h2> <p>Memorial Day weekend has, over the years, turned in large part into something it was not originally intended to be:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/26/opinion/greene-peace/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/opinion/greene-rockola/index.html">How'd it get that name?</a><span time="1337521541" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun May 20 2012 09:45:41</span> </h2> <p>A very nice married couple from Canada struck up a conversation in a restaurant where we were having dinner. At one point the husband said that, earlier in his life, he had played with some buddies in a rock band.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/20/opinion/greene-rockola/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/13/opinion/greene-garden-city-station/index.html">A Kansas town tries to keep the train coming through </a><span time="1336917386" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun May 13 2012 09:56:26</span> </h2> <p>For well over a century the world has come to call on Garden City, Kansas, every day of the year.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/13/opinion/greene-garden-city-station/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/06/opinion/greene-camp-david/index.html">Camp David, the last safe place? </a><span time="1336309431" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun May 06 2012 09:03:51</span> </h2> <p>When the White House, back in March, made the unexpected announcement that this month's G-8 summit, long planned to take place in Chicago, was being moved to Camp David, the reasons given were bland:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/06/opinion/greene-camp-david/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/opinion/greene-nba-jerseys/index.html">Are ads on NBA jerseys next?</a><span time="1335699956" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Apr 29 2012 07:45:56</span> </h2> <p>If you're watching the first round of the National Basketball Association playoffs this weekend, take a good look at the players' jerseys.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/29/opinion/greene-nba-jerseys/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/22/opinion/greene-gmail/index.html">When losing e-mail is like a snow day</a><span time="1335099524" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Apr 22 2012 08:58:44</span> </h2> <p>In a long line at an airport security checkpoint, the man in front of me wearily reached into his travel cases and began to unload his electronic gear into the gray plastic bin.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/22/opinion/greene-gmail/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/15/opinion/greene-presidents-big-ten-jinx/index.html">Presidential jinx for Big Ten graduates</a><span time="1334496236" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Apr 15 2012 09:23:56</span> </h2> <p>May we spend a few minutes discussing a major part of American life where there has been a shocking lack of diversity?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/15/opinion/greene-presidents-big-ten-jinx/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/08/opinion/greene-dean-martin/index.html">Why Dean Martin's still so cool</a><span time="1333890082" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Apr 08 2012 09:01:22</span> </h2> <p>A few years ago a group of us were having dinner at a steakhouse, and among the people at the table were the terrific sports columnist Mike Downey and his wife, Gail Martin. The manager of the place came over to say hello; introductions were made.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/08/opinion/greene-dean-martin/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/01/opinion/greene-moderate/index.html">When did moderate become a political dirty word?</a><span time="1333286147" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Apr 01 2012 09:15:47</span> </h2> <p>For months now, platoons of politicians have been filling the air with words.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/01/opinion/greene-moderate/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/24/opinion/greene-phone-booths/index.html">Time for a new kind of phone booth</a><span time="1332621441" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sat Mar 24 2012 16:37:21</span> </h2> <p>Here's a free idea that will make some businessperson millions of dollars.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/24/opinion/greene-phone-booths/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/18/opinion/greene-nixon/index.html">Before Nixon was Nixon</a><span time="1332075248" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Mar 18 2012 08:54:08</span> </h2> <p>"Every day and every night I want to see you and be with you. Yet I have no feeling of selfish ownership or jealousy.</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/18/opinion/greene-nixon/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/11/opinion/greene-baseball-expansion/index.html">Bet you can't name every baseball team</a><span time="1331471338" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Mar 11 2012 09:08:58</span> </h2> <p>Quick quiz:</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/11/opinion/greene-baseball-expansion/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/04/opinion/greene-zaslow/index.html">Jeff Zaslow's last lesson</a><span time="1330872079" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Mar 04 2012 09:41:19</span> </h2> <p>"What # are you at?"</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/04/opinion/greene-zaslow/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/26/opinion/greene-gas-price/index.html">$5 gas, 50-cent postage stamps?</a><span time="1330264938" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Feb 26 2012 09:02:18</span> </h2> <p>Remember those carefree days when a gallon of gas was only $5? And when you could cheerfully mail a letter for the rock-bottom price of 50 cents?</p> <div class="cnn_sclsts"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/26/opinion/greene-gas-price/index.html" class="cnn-social cnn-get-likes cnn-get-comments"></a> </div> </div> <div class="archive-item story cnn_skn_spccovstrylst"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140122144700/http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/19/opinion/greene-john-annie-glenn/index.html">John Glenn's true hero</a><span time="1329660709" class="cnnRelatedTimeOld">updated Sun Feb 19 2012 09:11:49</span> </h2> <p>For half a century, the world has applauded John Glenn as a heart-stirring American hero. 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