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All That Ails You: Psst, Have I Got A Deal For You!
We’ve all seen those full page ads in our daily newspapers, right? They’re there every single day. The ones claiming miracle cures for our backs, our knees, our migraine headaches, our neuropathy, the excess inches on our waistlines, and whatever else ails us. Or the...
The N Word Or The P Word: The Oxycontin Settlement
The P Word You all know about the . . . N word, right? I want to slide us a couple of letters further along the scale of the alphabet song and have a conversation about . . . the P word. Can you tell me what the P word is? No? Okay, let me give you a hint. Oh, let’s...
Will Wonders Never Cease: He Can Listen, And Learn
Will wonders never cease? In an unprecedented but well received move two days ago--that no one other than yours truly advised--Donald Trump publicly released his list of potential Supreme Court nominees--precisely as this writer was the first to publicly recommend...
Lunching With Royalty
Barbara and Dana Davis, mother and daughter, are the heart and soul of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation. They are simply incredible. Through CDF, they have raised over $100 million to fund the Barbara Davis Center in search of a cure for diabetes. They’re not done...
What’s On Your Mind?
One day, shortly after joining the PGA tour in 1965, Lee Trevino, one of the greatest players in professional golf history, and certainly the most accomplished Hispanic golfer of all time, was at his home in Dallas, mowing his front lawn as he always did. A lady...
Who’s Afraid Of . . . ?
A stark contrast in two recent events that took place in the same week presents us with an interesting dichotomy: Who’s afraid of . . . the truth? London elected a new mayor. What’s so unusual about that? Nothing. Unless, of course, you focus on the fact that his name...
Games and Martyrs
Questions and Answers Question: What’s the definition of a contest? Answer: Easy. It’s an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport, an activity or some other particular quality. It could be a competition, a match, a tournament, a game, a meet, a trial, a...
My Bark . . . Is Worse Than My Bite
Well, you have finally found me (out), here in my home in California’s Inyo National Forest. My name is Methuselah. I am reportedly the world’s oldest tree, a bristle cone pine. I’m a little foggy on birth dates and such, but I believe I am now approximately 4,847...
I’ll Scratch Your Back If . . .
According to a recent editorial in The Washington Post, when Virginia rewrote its constitution in 1902 and banned felons from voting, that ban was motivated by racists who wanted to help assure white supremacy and eliminate “darkies” as a political factor in Virginia....
Reading . . . The Tea Leaves
The other day, over the weekend, The Wife and I decided to head to the local mall to see a movie we thought looked good. (As it turned out, it wasn’t worth the drive, but the company was good.) Between our home and the freeway, there’s a couple of large intersections...
