“It’s interesting when people die,” wrote Don Henley in the anti-media-sensationalism song “Dirty Laundry” back in 1982. Not much has changed since. There are more media outlets and platforms than ever, but tragedy still sells. Mass shootings generate extensive media coverage, and understandably so. Murders committed in unusual or sensational circumstances get covered because true […]

On the morning of July 3, a “Milita” group was discovered in the breakdown lane on I-95 in Massachusetts by State Police. When approached, many of these “law abiding citizens” ran into the woods, clutching their phallic symbol rifles, forcing nearby residents to go into a lockdown. These potential insurrectionists were on their way to […]

About four years ago I wrote an article about two 103-year old men entitled, “A Pair of 103’s.” One of them died a year later; the other one (the father of my sister-in-law) died this past March, shortly before his 107th birthday. He had played bridge a week before he died. He had requested — […]

Kick back, take it easy. The Olympic Games are under way, giving us a break from political games. That’s wrong, really wrong. The Olympics are highly political. It begins with deciding who will host the Games. Between 2000 and 2022, only one country comes up twice – China. The International Olympic Committee apparently thought it […]

Pro-life Americans, which I define as people who want to defeat the pandemic, should welcome support from all quarters – including the darkest precincts of the Fox propaganda machine. Hence it was nice this week to hear Sean Hannity utter these sentences: “Please take COVID seriously. I can’t say it enough. Enough people have died. […]