2020 Columns

Has it really have been 24 years since the Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games?  Sunday will mark 8,766 days since that dramatic night when Muhammed Ali,  hands, shaking with palsy, lit the cauldron signifying the beginning of 17 days of Olympic competition and the culmination of years of hard work. During the Games, some 10,000 Olympians from 197 countries competed in … [Read more...] about July 12, 2020: Remembering A Great Event 24 Years Later

The scene:  A grocery store aisle, one-way, six feet from another human being, masked and looking for any available paper products since toilet tissue seems to be as rare as a singing frog these days.  And then, suddenly: “Pssst!  Pssst!  Down here!  Help!” “Are you a syrup bottle?” “Yes, I am Mrs. Butterworth and I recognize you.  You are Dick … [Read more...] about July 5, 2020: Talking Political Correctness with A Bottle Of Syrup

If you are still watching television news (I rarely do these days), you will notice that the protests across the country seem to be as much generational as racial. There are a lot of young white kids marching with blacks.  That tells me these protests are going to be with us awhile.  What youngsters lack in perspective, they make up for in passion. . . . Protestors … [Read more...] about June 28, 2020: Some Random Thoughts on Some Unsettling Times

In case you haven’t heard, there is a big stink permeating the offices of the New York Times.  Let me ask the question for you:  Why should you care?  Let me answer the question for you: We may be entering an era where opposing viewpoints are no longer acceptable.  That bothers me.  I hope it bothers you, too.  The Times has apologized for running … [Read more...] about June 21, 2020: The New York Times Owes Us All an Apology