Much has been made of the completion of Barack Obama’s first one hundred days as the nation’s president.  The identification of this period in a new presidency flows from the early months of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term, when the country was experiencing what became the Great Depression and the new president pushed a […]

            So did you take part in one of those teabag protests last week?  They were held, in case you missed them, on April 15, and their purpose was to express outrage.  Just what the outrage was aimed at depended on whom you spoke to.               The basic idea seemed to be to object […]

            If life were a person, he or she would be a cruel magician.  He/she would amaze people with his/her tricks.  Miraculous feats would elicit praise; sudden catastrophes would engender shock; pleasant surprises would create appreciation; disappointing setbacks would produce distrust.  And then there would be the final act, which in most instances would bring […]

     Call me a dinosaur, a romantic, a kid at heart or an inveterate dreamer, but I can’t help getting excited when the winter sports finally give way to (or at least make room for) talk of pitching matchups and pennant races.  Baseball has changed over the years, but it is still the single game […]