There is a touch of irony in the fact that Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” has opened in wide release just as the “movement” for secession has become the talk of the day.  Spielberg’s film, though flawed in the usual Spielberg ways of overdoing a good thing, is a reminder of that time in the country’s past […]

So, were you surprised by the easy win Obama scored last week in his presidential re-election?  How you answer that question is a good indication of where you get your political news and which pundit you relied on for predictions. If you were like me and lived off of the twice-a-day reports from Nate Silver, […]

And so another season has come and gone.  Another 162 games that led to another series of playoffs that ended in a none-too-rare four-game sweep in the World Series (four times in the last nine years). Well, first of all, as a life-long Dodger fan, congrats to the rival Giants for their spectacular sweep of […]

There was a definite irony in the death of George McGovern on the eve of the last presidential debate last weekend.  Just as Mitt Romney was about to unveil himself as a faux-peace candidate, while Barack Obama insisted on sounding like a more muscular version of George W. Bush, McGovern’s obituaries were reminding Americans of […]