Anyone who knows me will tell you I used to be Tiger Woods’ #1 fan. His book How I Play Golf has a prominent place in my book case. In 2006-07, I was so confident of Woods’ links superiority, I took Tiger against the field in seven straight tournaments. The stakes being a free lunch. I … Read more
In a November 24 opinion piece, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank recounts being in a room with “two of the most prominent men in the news business.” The subject turned to the sexual harassment allegations against New York Times journalist Glenn Thrush and CBS This Morning co-host Charlie Rose. When one of the men … Read more
I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a democrat! ~Will Rogers If you think this post is going to focus on how the panderer-in-chief Donald Trump continues to play to his base with Twitter rants and inexcusable support of a stalker of teenagers, you are dead wrong. The support of … Read more
The late Jimmy Breslin (1930-2017), author and columnist for the New York Daily News, made the following observation on hearing of the death of Jack Ruby. “We may not have found a cure for cancer, but we know how to induce it.” His point? Breslin viewed Ruby’s death on January 3, 1967 from bronchogenic carcenoma … Read more
You don’t change the course of history by turning the faces of portraits to the wall. ~Jawaharlal Nehru Something unprecedented occurred last night. As my wife and I were settling in to binge-watch season six of Longmire, I heard a Washington Post alert notification on my cell phone. Being Friday night, the witching hour during … Read more