It happens every year, of course, although this year it has taken its sweet time getting here.  Still, the arrival of that glorious season (and the lovely weather that accompanies it) known as spring never ceases to rekindle feelings of sanguinity for anyone who is old enough to understand the vagaries of life.              […]

            Fans of sports teams naturally love the players on their teams and dislike those on opposing teams.  It isn’t personal.  It’s just the way human emotion works.  Thus, a specific player can be a hated monster when playing for a dreaded rival and then suddenly become a hometown hero when traded to one’s own […]

            Sacramento is finally showing those of us who live here some real spring-like weather this week.  And it’s about time.              Talk about a long, cold, wet winter, we have definitely had one, with rain totals now well above the average for a full year as April settles in.  Not that we had it any […]

            “Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.” -Benito Mussolini             Adolph Hitler’s first official act as Chancellor of Germany was to outlaw trade unions, collective bargaining and the right to strike.             Mussolini and Hitler gave fascism a bad image.  They were dictators who […]