FEATURE ARTICLE
Inside Baseball, and Heroes?
The 2009 baseball season is well underway. Nostalgic thoughts arise for baseball fans that grew up worshipping their sports heroes. They used to seem bigger than life to us and we wanted to be like them and play center field for one of our favorite teams. But were they all heroes, and will some become legendary for the wrong reasons? And will more false heroes emerge during the 2009 season?
NEWS - and OTHER STUFF
President Obama Appoints Retired General to Darfur!
President Obama plans to appoint Maj. Gen. J. Scott Gration, a close adviser and retired general to be his special envoy to Sudan as the administration ratchets up pressure against the government in Khartoum….
RELIGION - OR LACK OF
Religious Right Abstains from Common Sense with Sex Education
Here’s a news flash for the Religious Right: The vast majority of Americans have sex before marriage….but they don’t care!
BEHAVIOR DOESN'T LIE
Bernard Madoff - Another Layer “of the Onion” is Peeled Away
The “world’s largest Ponzi scheme” allegedly perpetrated by Bernard Madoff gets more and more interesting as it unfolds. For those of you that thought that Madoff will spend the rest of his life behind bars….think again! That’s just how bizarre this whole things is becoming.
INSIGHTS AND OBSERVATIONS
A Message from a Reader on “Watermelons and Racism”
It was widely stated, initially by the Obama administration, that this campaign was not about race. -It wasn’t? Really? This reminds me of the old joke about how us guys like saying that we like Playboy magazine because we like reading the articles.
ENTERTAINMENT
Actress Natasha Richardson Seriously Hurt in Ski Fall
Actress Natasha Richardson, a member of Britain’s Redgrave theatrical dynasty, was severely injured while skiing at a Canadian resort and returned to New York on Tuesday with her husband, actor Liam Neeson….
Political Commentary
ECONOMIC CRISIS: Republicans Only Plan is to Obstruct
We just experienced eight years of Republican control with no tolerance for debate or criticism, much less bipartisanship and now they are acting less like an opposition party and more like an obstructionist party.
