"Otto, you wrote that you were just glad the elections were over. I've been reading you for years and know that you know the political season is never over. They just take a break, send the losers down to the minor leagues and it all begins again. ...more

November 10, 2008

How weird would it be if I put a small vegetable garden on the side of my house instead of in the back? ...more

October 12, 2008

Joe Chiaramonte of Holiday didn't see the humor in Sen. Barack Obama's "lipstick on a pig" quip. ...more

September 20, 2008

Trying to ferret out (with apologies to ferrets everywhere) last week's more readable letters was a bit like putting lipstick on a pig and ... oh never mind. ...more

September 14, 2008

In a presidential election year where both sides claim to be candidates for change, there's little new in the nastiness of the campaign. Comments concerning "lipstick on a pig" are being thrown around as if one of the candidates just stated he would declare war on North Korea if elected. It's ridiculous, and too many people are being whipped into a frenzy over it. ...more

September 12, 2008

Motivation For Retroactive Abortion ...more

September 12, 2008

Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign launched a broadside against Sen. Barack Obama Wednesday, accusing him of a sexist smear, comparing his campaign to a pack of wolves on the prowl against the GOP vice presidential pick, charging that the Democratic nominee favored sex education for kindergartners, and resurrecting the comments of the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. ...more

September 11, 2008

NORFOLK, Va. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Wednesday accused Republican John McCain's campaign of using "lies and phony outrage and Swift-boat politics" in claiming he used a sexist comment against vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. ...more

September 10, 2008

What's the difference between the presidential campaign before and after the national political conventions? Lipstick. The colorful cosmetic has become a political buzzword, thanks to Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's joke in her acceptance speech that lipstick is the only thing that separates a hockey mom like her from a pit bull. ...more

September 10, 2008

Here's a classic example of utility food - simple yet delicious food that you really don't want to get caught eating. ...more

September 9, 2008