“Only the good die young …” Despite the wonderful Billy Joel song from the late 1970s, this probably isn’t completely true. There are certainly bad people who die young, and there are good folks who live full, long lives. But of course we remember the good ones who predecease us. And we miss them. Always. …
So Sarah Palin has decided to run for Congresss. Who’s the happiest woman in America? Got to be Tina Fey, who will be in all sorts of demand again for her pitch-perfect Palin portrayal;. And who’s the unhappiest? It’s probably either Lauren Boebert or Marjorie Taylor Greene, who will no longer be doing battle for …
Have you ever enjoyed a book so much that you read it over and over again, maybe as much as a dozen times in a month? Enjoyed it so much you have practically committed it to memory? Enjoyed it so much you wonder where the author come up with such a good idea for a …
I’m pretty sure I will never be signing up for Truth Social, Donald Trump’s answer to Facebook, Twitter and the rest of the social media universe for normal people. Pretty much the only reason I have spent 13-plus years on Facebook is so I can keep up with people I love and care about. I …
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I have written before about my favorite songs, and I said someday I would do a bottom 10 of my least favorite songs. That never really appealed to me, though, so I have come up with something of a twist — and shout — on the idea. How about the 10 worst songs that I …
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It says a lot about the cynicism I feel in my old age that when I first heard about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars Sunday night, I thought it was something the two men had staged as a publicity stunt. And while I’m still not 100 percent sure I’m wrong, I think …
What’s the most exotic vacation you ever took during your childhood? I would say I’ve got nothing, that my biggest vacations were to visit grandparents in Ohio or New York, but in 1967 — the last summer of my childhood — we went from our home in Virginia up to Montreal for Expo ’67. That’s …
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If there’s one thing sad about getting older — note I didn’t say “old” — it’s the things you love that disappear from your life. I’m not talking about the things that relate to aging. I used to be able to make 18-foot jump shots consistently, but that was when I was 20 or 21. …
I don’t remember the first time or the last that I saw a concert at the legendary Cellar Door venue in Washington, D.C. I remember some of the concerts, from Linda Ronstadt — twice — to being an arm’s length from Rita Coolidge as she sang. I remember some great comedians who were opening acts, …
When I was in elementary school in the late 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, we were taught that our conflict with the Russians was all about freedom. Our problem with them wasn’t what they did, but how they did it. More than one well-intentioned teacher told us that it wasn’t Communism we …
