Among the many joys I have always loved about attending baseball games have been the rituals of standing for the singing (or playing) of the National Anthem before the start of the game and for the singing of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” in the middle of the seventh inning (for the traditional […]

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” “The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.” -Winston Churchill               Churchill probably had it right on both counts, as the events this year in Minnesota and California suggest.  In Minnesota, the voters’ apparent will was denied […]

            In the six years that Major League Baseball has had its anti-steroid program in effect, most of the “cheaters” have been lower rung players (utility fielders, end-of-the bench pinch hitters, or mop-up pitchers).  Each of those caught have suffered the first-offense penalty of a 50-game suspension, while the affected teams made do with replacement […]

            With the new hybrid car (a Nissan Altima) I purchased recently came a three-month trial of the XM satellite radio service.  The opportunity to sample this new delivery system was intriguing, but I hardly expected to find it worth the $13 a month subscription fee after the trial period ended.               Suffice to say, I […]