What in the wide wide world of sports is a Reliaquest Bowl? For that matter, what in the heck is Reliaquest? As it turns out, it’s actually ReliaQuest, and it’s a computer security company based in Tampa, Fla., which is where those great football powers Mississippi State and Illinois will play on January 2nd. I …
Alabama? You’re kidding, right? With two of the four teams apparently set for the College Football Playoff stumbling in their conference championship games, I suppose it was inevitable that twice-beaten Alabama would be pushed for one of the two possible vacancies. Roll Tide? Not even if it would cure cancer. Alabama lost twice to teams …
I suppose folks who supported the Respect for Marriage Act that passed the Senate today owe thanks to Clarence Thomas more than almost any other opponent of same-sex or interracial marriage. Thomas is perhaps the least distinguished Supreme Court justice of the last 100 years. In fact, it might not be too much of a …
I like living in Georgia, but one thing I don’t like is having to go through elections twice. I mean, is Herschel Walker ever going to go away? He was a great football player and he led the University of Georgia to its first NCAA championship … 4o years ago. He went on to have …
“Oh come all yay faithful?” I always thought the biblical word “ye” was pronounced “yee,” but apparently the Artist Formerly Known as Kanye now goes by the name Ye and pronounces it “Yay.” And of course Ye Yay Yah is in the news again for his friendship/codependency with the Ugly American, Donald Trump. YYY is …
Imagine being someone not only regarded as one of the all-time greats in your profession but also being one who is almost universally beloved among your peers. Odds are pretty good that your name is Charles Schulz. For 50 years, Schulz entertained the word every day with his comic strip “Peanuts.” The world? You bet. …
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I felt like watching Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan this afternoon, and since the last five times I felt like this I watched “Joe vs. the Volcano,” I decided to go a different direction. I don’t think I had seen “You’ve Got Mail” since its theatrical run in 1998. The whole America Online thing was …
So tell me please, when is Black Friday? I know it used to be the day after Thanksgiving, when people got in line outside Walmart and waited all night for the store to open at 6 a.m. for Christmas shopping bargains. There were as many is 1,500 people in line for the five big-screen TV …
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Thanksgiving might just be the biggest mixed blessing of a holiday when it come to families. It’s an opportunity to get together with friends and family members you don’t see at all for the rest of the year. Of course, that can be a mixed blessing, especially if some of your relatives belong to the …
We go round and round about what is a right and what is a privilege. So much of what we argue involves money, whether tax money should be spent to help the less fortunate. But there’s one thing that should be very simple and shouldn’t cost anything in a free and peaceful country. People should …
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