I n my view, God invented baseball to provide a sanctuary from the fallen world of politics. I believe I’ve missed two televised Red Sox games this year. To me, the seven-month major league season is the sporting equivalent of, say, “Downton Abbey” – a complex, seemingly endless narrative filled with surprising events and unforgettable […]

Rocky Suhayda, chairman of the American Nazi Party, wrote recently to his followers: “Donald Trump’s campaign statements, if nothing else, have SHOWN that ‘our views’ are NOT so ‘unpopular’ as the Political Correctness crowd have told everyone they are!” Suhayda is not the only white nationalist thrilled with Trump’s campaign. The video blogger Paul Ray […]

Donald Trump’s political rise was due partly to the widely held belief that he is a multi-billionaire whose wealth comes from his business skill. If he could become a billionaire as a tough negotiator in real estate deals, he could be the kind of strong and successful leader the U.S. needs. Supporting his reputation, he […]

It’s the smell that hits me first. The beans, the wafting aroma of a fresh early-morning roast – these things are heavenly, and when I walk into a breakfast diner or the office breakroom, I wish I still drank coffee. A cup o’ Joe, in my estimation, is the third best way for a person […]

September always marks the beginning of fall for us in the northern hemisphere. This year that will happen at 10:21 a.m. on Sept. 22. This is a critical point in helping to understand our orbit around the sun and the relative positions of the Earth and the sun on the ecliptic, which is the path […]

In general, in a campaign filled with controversial statements, it’s fair to say Donald Trump doesn’t do apologies and he doesn’t do regret. Which is why it was extraordinary that in his speech in Charlotte on Aug. 18 – one of his first under a new campaign management – Trump did that rarest of things: […]