Earl Woods, R.I.P.
According to a 1997 biography, “Tiger” (written byJohn Strege, a sportswriter at my paper), Tiger Woods fell in love with golf at the ripe old …
Category: Reflections
It’s a Fair Cop
It is always wise to be cautious in commenting on a trial that one has not attended from start to finish. But from everything I …
Warped Freedom
In 1990, I wanted to go from India to America for postgraduate studies. A few days before my visit to the U.S. consulate in Mumbai …
Give us Your Upwardly Mobile, your Hard-Working Masses
Mayor Bloomberg of New York shocked many by saying that not only shouldn’t we deport 11 million illegal immigrants but we need millions more of …
Pay Raise on Autopilot
While hardly anybody was paying attention, Congress voted to give itself a pay raise. Or to be more specific, voted against voting on the subject …
A Statesman’s Legacy
This unbelievable paragraph appeared in the New York Times, online: “With his bushy beard and his booming anti-American rhetoric, Mr. Castro, who turns 80 next …
Comically Close Call
I am looking at a news article entitled, “Killer Asteroid Headed Towards Earth.” This is an opportunity to see what “science” reporting is like today. …
New School, Old Tricks
Students went into protest mode at The New School in New York City when the university’s president, Bob Kerrey, former governor of Nebraska and a …
Submitted for Your Approval
The Mexico U.S. border is 1,254 miles long. That’s about 6.6 million feet. Working three eight-hour shifts per day, placing guards one and a half …
The Ignoble Lie
Alexander Pope said that “priests of all religions are the same.” This can also be said of politicians. A stock in trade of American politicians …