With Halloween just a few days away, and just for fun, I thought I’d reprise a commentary I wrote for the Vail Daily Newspaper on Halloween, 2002. Folklore tells us that witches and witchcraft permeated life in the western world since ancient Rome. Why then is there...
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A Change of Pace
Vis-a-vis the tragedy in Texas over the weekend and all the back and forth over the Big Beautiful Bill I thought it time for a change of pace and decided to write about something I’ve always found fascinating - making movies. Have you ever found yourself watching a...
Derby Day
I think most readers know I began writing commentary when I lived in Vail and wrote for the Vail Daily. That ended when the newspaper, like the rest of the Vail Valley started going hard left politically and a new editor began changing my words or deleting entire...
Paying Their Fair Share?
Last month Bernie Sanders spoke on the Senate floor against a continuing resolution passed by the House, stating that it would "cut taxes for billionaires and slash funding for the working class” He emphasized the growing wealth gap in the U.S., pointing out that...
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Have you ever noticed that in the movies, it seems no matter how long a girl is stranded on a desert island or in the jungle, her armpit hair never grows, her leg hair is gone, and she looks youthful even though she doesn't do her usual beauty treatments. On the other...
Play Ball!
Today, 28 of 30 Major League baseball teams will play in 14 Opening Day games. And thirty of the best pitchers across the majors will take the mound, including 22 All-Stars, 4 pitchers who will be debuting for new clubs and 1 who will become the fastest top overall...
Cage-Free Eggnog
In a recent blog post I wrote “A loser blames politics and favoritism for his failures; a winner would rather blame himself than others—but he doesn’t waste much time on any kind of blame.” And true to form, we can’t watch the news these days without the Left blaming...
Betcha didn’t know…
Today’s post is a cheater blog because it’s April and that’s when guests flock to Tucson and I really haven’t had time to sit down and write – so for your reading entertainment… Do you want the next photo someone takes of you be a good one? If you do, be certain the...
Debating Policy with a Liberal
It’s the political season and discussions always turn to politics. So, I thought I would make a few suggestions about how we might engage when encountering those of a different political ilk. Long ago I learned the best way to debate policy with a liberal is by...
Enjoying the Drama
Every Saturday during the school year, and 6 days-a-week during the summer, from the 8th grade through my sophomore year in college, I worked for my dad and uncle in their mid-size grocery store on the west side of Chicago. Working in a family business has its plusses...