Ina Hughs

In her 30 years as a newspaper columnist, Ina Hughs has focused on issues involving human rights, children, women's concerns, religion and the environment. She has received numerous awards over the years, but says her real success comes from making readers think or laugh or to have something to discuss at the dinner table.

• Ina Hughs: Green Lantern now a gay superhero Published 6/13/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 39 comments

  The Green Lantern is causing some people to see red.

• Ina Hughs: Does skipping ads make one a crook? Published 6/6/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 27 comments

  I'm expecting any day now for that little Jiminy Cricket voice in my head to tell me I am a dirty, low-down crook.

• Ina Hughs: Time off is not the same as time wasted Published 5/30/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 19 comments

  According the National Coalition for Safer Roads, more people run red lights on Memorial Day weekend than any other time: last year, more than 2.3 million drivers in 18 states, a 27 percent higher rater than on an average weekend.

• Ina Hughs: Concussions could sideline football Published 5/23/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 22 comments

  "He was dropped on his head as a baby."

• Ina Hughs: Personal preference not a basis for laws Published 5/16/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 16 comments

  "I know this is a very sensitive and tender issue, but this is personally what I believe."

• Ina Hughs: PTSD is more an injury than a disorder Published 5/9/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 25 comments

  The word "stressed" is really "desserts" spelled backwards. But try telling that to the estimated one in every five military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who have post-traumatic stress disorder.

• Ina Hughs: Conservative justices strip Constitution bare Published 5/2/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 38 comments

  So. Conservative Republicans want less government intrusion into their rights and privacy. Have I got that right?

• Ina Hughs: On pig's feet, Brussels sprout pie and bacon milkshakes Published 4/25/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 1 comment

  While kids in other families played "Cow Poker" on long car trips, the five of us used to play a game we made up called Odd Food Combinations.

• Ina Hughs: Some men too quick to assert manhood Published 4/18/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 154 comments

  Joel Stein is my kind of anti-hero hero. If you don't recognize the name, he's a columnist for Time magazine, and if you haven't read his latest on "Short-Haired Superheroes," you're missing out on a few chuckles and some wise ...

• Ina Hughs: Lesson plan: Do your own work Published 4/11/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 3 comments

  Call me naive. Call me a prude, a fuddy-duddy, a geek.

• Ina Hughs: Every day a sabbath, each garden a sanctuary Published 4/4/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 6 comments

  Here in these mountains, every week is holy. On early winter mornings, come first light, fog covers ridges and curves through valleys like incense, while bone-bare trees dance all verses of "Morning Has Broken," arms outstretched so you see every ...

• Ina Hughs: Motive key to placing blame in suicide Published 3/28/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 10 comments

  We've all done unkind things and we've all hurt people, sometimes carelessly, sometimes knowingly. Especially when we were young. For that reason, some say former Rutgers University freshman Dharun Ravi doesn't deserve to be given the maximum sentence for what ...

• Ina Hughs: During dark times, a simple hymn shone bright Published 3/21/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 4 comments

  The year is 1857. James Buchanan succeeds Franklin Pierce as president in the only decade in American history that has four different leaders.

• Ina Hughs: Limbaugh and his ilk attacking freedom Published 3/7/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 295 comments

  In his latest fit of verbal flatulence, Rush Limbaugh suggests that women who get health care coverage for birth control are actually prostitutes. His whacky reasoning is stunning:

• Ina Hughs: Target couture right for Oscar festivities Published 2/29/2012 at 4:00 a.m. 3 comments

  "Who are you wearing?"

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