Let’s start with a disclaimer, just so I’m not skating on thin ice. My credentials for writing about the National Hockey League can be summed… Continue reading
As far as Thanksgiving songs are concerned, “Over the River and Through the Woods” may soon be replaced by rock group Chicago’s “Does Anybody Really… Continue reading
When I was in my late teens, a Nashville TV station ran a late-night double-feature of Humphrey Bogart movies. Immersed in the nostalgia craze, I… Continue reading
Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a single day. TEACH a man to fish and eventually someone will invent a fishing ROBOT… Continue reading
My family will be participating in two or three “trunk or treat” activities this month, but I’ve learned that the trend of going from car… Continue reading
Did you realize that October 31 marks 500 years since Martin Luther presented his famous “95 theses” about abuses by the Roman Catholic Church? (October… Continue reading
“When was the last time you did something for the first time?” When I heard Darius Rucker’s invitation to spontaneity on my car radio, I… Continue reading
I have witnessed my 13-year-old son Gideon wrestle with his unwieldy school backpack often enough to nod knowingly when I encountered the NBC News story… Continue reading
According to Agence France-Presse (AFP) news service, researchers have found what they call a “broad-based cultural shift” in teen behavior. Writing in the journal “Child… Continue reading
According to “Newsweek” and MSNBC, Stanford University researchers have reported startling accuracy in predicting sexual orientation by using artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of facial features… Continue reading
I am tickled to continue my 43-year tradition of obtaining the Fall Preview “TV Guide,” but Associated Press TV critic Frazier Moore seems despondent about… Continue reading
A couple of years ago I was a pallbearer for a fellow in denial about his gambling addiction, so I viewed with interest the Wall… Continue reading
Will Labor Day be recognizable in another 20 years? Certainly, changes in culture, politics and technology will affect the love-hate relationship between capital and labor.Dizzying… Continue reading
Duos. When I was growing up in the Sixties, I depended on Huntley and Brinkley for the news, Flatt and Scruggs for bluegrass music, Rowan… Continue reading
Have you purchased your $500 bottle of Solar Red Wine? It’s one of countless products created to cash in on the total solar eclipse that… Continue reading
When I think about the 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley (August 16), it seems we were living in a completely different world… Continue reading
Alas, we haven’t been a “dog family” since we had to euthanize poor old Turpy; but a time.com article titled “More Evidence That Owning A… Continue reading
Believe it or not, my only college-era clash with school authorities erupted because the campus was experiencing growing pains. Your cash-strapped author received a ticket… Continue reading
“Ask not what you can do for your country; ask if that really persistent hangnail qualifies you to deep-six the summons.” - JFK’s evil twin.… Continue reading
“Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.”… Continue reading
