They said it would never really happen.  They said the mere prospect of it would guarantee a legislative compromise that would solve the problem.  They said no sane body of legislators would ever allow it to take effect. They said all of those things about the sequestration of government funds that would occur only if […]

“If you add up all the federal and you look at the disability and the unemployment and the Social Security and the state, my tax rate’s 62, 63 percent.  So I’ve got to make some decisions on what I’m going to do.” -Phil Mickelson, professional golfer Since turning professional in 1992, Phil Mickelson has made […]

It wasn’t the longest in history (not, in fact, by almost an hour), and it wasn’t the most boring, despite some jokes that fell flat and some presenters who were.  “The Oscars” (the new title for the annual Hollywood extravaganza that this year’s producers used to make the event sound less stodgy) was a little […]

Once again this year, the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have nominated not five, not ten, but nine films (because, you know, it just has such a nice ring to it) for the honor of best motion picture of the year just past.  And I will acknowledge freely that I […]