Brain dead
We can't pretend anymore. The Bush White House is dysfunctional. I know organizations like moveon.org like to pretend there's some great conspiracy going on in the White House, but there isn't. There just isn't....
Ramblings from a Florida vacation
Long Boat Key is nestled along the Florida Gulf Coast, about 15 minutes from Sarasota. It's typical of the new Florida, catering to tourists and retirees, a place to get away from winter's harshness...
Miller time
You remember Dennis Miller, don't you? He's the comedian with the complex vocabulary who worked for a season as an analyst on ABC's "Monday Night Football." Using Miller as a football analyst was probably...
Abandoning the Iraqis
Let's forget for a moment whether the invasion of Iraq was necessary or worth the price. In fact, let's - for the purpose of this column - hereby stipulate for the benefit of the...
Sentencing
I keep trying to figure out how judges sentence criminals and it just keeps getting more confusing. Try to figure this - a former University of Penn professor pleads no contest to sexual assault...
Confessions of an incompetent
I am incompetent. My incompetence extends to most things normal human beings can do in their sleep. At a very early age my father told me I had better get a college education and...
It doesn’t get any better than this
This is all just too enjoyable. Revenge is not only sweet, it's positively intoxicating. I have lived to see the two most pompous and arrogant organizations in my lifetime get their comeuppance. The two...
Multiple choices for 2006
Since my own record as a forecaster has been an abysmal failure, I have decided to let you, dear reader, make your own predictions for 2006. Kindly take the multiple choice test below and...
Intersections
In fall 1961, three recent graduates of Temple University were trying to sell their school on letting them broadcast its basketball games. I was one of them. After being turned down, we went shopping...
25 ways you know it’s Christmas
1-Philadelphia rats are working part time as Santa's elves.
2-Terrell Owens gives himself a Christmas gift.
3-After accepting bribes, City officials ask, "So what are you doing New Year's Eve?"
4-Bill O'Reilly says "thank you" after phone...
