Dear diary: You are now worth $6,000. That's what James Bell, a junior officer aboard the good ship Planter, could jot down in his diary if he still kept one. Bell, though, would be close to 200 years old now, so he would likely instead write, "Yep, still not dead. I can't believe it, either." ...more

March 3, 2010

New Year's Eve is largely a social celebration of the year's end, and rightly so, this year, since it needs to end and we should celebrate hoping for a better year throughout 2010. So while we are glad this year is over we also celebrate even more when the next year begins with hugs and kisses for everyone around in our company. ...more

December 31, 2009

Three characters on "Gossip Girl" (Dan, Vanessa and Olivia) are going to share a bed on tonight's episode. And that steamy plot twist has got a conservative group all hot and bothered. ...more

November 9, 2009

Three characters on "Gossip Girl" (Dan, Vanessa and Olivia) are going to share a bed on tonight's episode. And that steamy plot twist has got a conservative group all hot and bothered. ...more

November 9, 2009

A couple of years back, while visiting Praha (that's in the Czech Republic, Hillary), I attended a lecture in the ornate halls of the city's historic university. ...more

January 31, 2009

I saw the cartoon in this morning's paper regarding all the persons and institutions who have been regularly denigrating President Bush the past eight years: Dan Rather the disgraced CBS anchor who couldn't take the heat of criticism; Nancy Pelosi, the mistress of vacuous statements and for us, unfortunately, the Speaker of the House; Harry Reid, the double dealing Senate Majority Leader; The New York Times, one of the most un-American newspapers in the country; MSNBC representing the left-biased television media and of course, Hollywood, the land of make-believe and immorality. ...more

January 1, 2009

Make no mistake about it; same-sex marriage has nothing to do with equal rights. ...more

October 17, 2008