CHARITY IS FINE (…but shouldn’t it begin here…at home?) This is the time of year when we receive all sorts of solicitations from a wide variety of charitable organizations. It is the nature of non-profit charitable entities to be on
THE SKY IS FALLING! (…not really…but try telling Chicken Little believers that…) The recent meteorite explosion over central Russia, not to mention the Earth’s very close encounter with an errant asteroid streaking across its orbit, has made a lot of
IL PAPA RETIRO (…stepping down with grace and style) Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he was stepping down seems not to have come as a complete surprise. It was obvious that his failing health had reach a point where, to
ELUCIDATING ON THE STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH (…like half-time in the locker room, three points behind, with the Coach hollering for…let’s get it done!) The President was in rare demagogue form this night, during our annual display on how
IF SYRIA ISN’T A FAILED STATE… (…what is?) The chaos and slaughter in Syria continues unabated. As for the international community, by and large, it continues to sit vulture-like on the sidelines, watching and waiting to see what part of
WOMEN NOW OFFICIALLY AUTHORIZED COMBAT ROLES (…we’re turning all those mama grizzlies loose…so there!) It was bound to happen sooner or later. President Truman desegregated the Armed Forces back in the 1950’s…President Clinton established Don’t Ask-Don’t Tell so that gays
A CARPE DIEM MOMENT FOR MALI (…to create a mutually beneficial accord with the Tuareg) Thanks to France’s unilateral action to come to the aid of its impotent central government, Mali has been freed, for the moment, from an extreme
TO PREDICT THE OUTCOME OF THIS SUPER BOWL (…you’ll need to know which team has the Beyonce deal) Tomorrow is when the annual sports event of the year kicks off. For the past forty years it has grown in hoopla
A DOPEY KIND OF OPTION (in competitive sports) Lance Armstrong’s public admission that he did indeed use performance enhancing drugs is a sad commentary on the mindset in today’s professional sports community. He is the most recent member of it
CALLING FOR STRONG LEGISLATIVE ACTION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE (…is much like spitting to windward) The Newtown slaughter seems to have been the last straw as far as most of the public is concerned. So it is all fired up to