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In monitoring the wires, I somehow missed the Associated Press story that The New York Times ran this morning under the headline: "Peru's Police Say Gang Drained Victims Fat." Admittedly, this is a bit ghoulish for end-of-the-week entertainment but you know what they say: Boys will be boys, and ghouls will be ghouls. Here's the first
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Just kidding. The only thing I have to say about Sarah Palin today is that she is in the news. I am a newsman. That is why I have been writing about her the last couple of days. It's not because I am in some circle of hell with Maureen Dowd, as mugsy puts it, or loving her or hating her in an emotional fog. How dare he say this when all my fogs
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With apologies to myreply and other Reg-ulators whose comments often take me to task in this blog, a nasty job but somebody has got to do it, I return today to the gal of the hour, Sarah Palin. First a diversionary explanation: I took an instant dislike to the new Newsweek from the moment it came out and it hasn't lessened over time. It used to
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Today is the day that Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue" is being released. It is probably too late to say: "Axeman, spare that tree." My only regret is that it doesn't cost more. I figure that most people will buy it just to irritate people like me. Not that I am irritated, but it would be nice to think that they paid more
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Today on PG+, Jack Kelly finally got off his sick bed to debate me on the subject of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and the decision to try him in a civilian court in New York City. (PG+ can be accessed for free today - Monday - so you can check this out. After doing so, please don't tell me I can't type. This I know.) I have certain reservations about
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It's Friday the 13th but we could have worst luck - the world might end. But then again, it might not. The problem with merchants of doom is that they are so full of doom. Ever since they found out that the end of the Mayan calendar comes just before Christmas 2012, they have been hyping the end of time. That's certainly going to do wonders
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When I am not writing a column or this blog, or debating conservative colleagues on PG+, or generally running around like a blue-arsed fly (as they say in the old country), I write some of the anonymous editorials that appear on the Editorial Page of the Post-Gazette. They are written in such a sober and official voice, different from my personal writing
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This Veteran's Day morning found me at the Marriott near Mellon Arena with hundreds of other people attending the breakfast annually sponsored by the Friends of Danang, a local group started by Vietnam veterans to help the people of the country they once fought in. It is a wonderful organization. While I am not officially a member, I do sometimes
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Have you ever worried that the car wash will damage your antenna? In Australia (National motto: No worries!) this thought did not concern the four gallants mentioned in the story below. I post it just to give you a laugh, as recent comments have indicated that certain among you have misplaced your sense of humor. My knowledge of Australian culture leads
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I am a little out of the swing of the news. I returned yesterday from Schenectady in upstate New York, from the weekend wedding of my cousin Reggie's daughter, Vanessa. The last time I was in Schenectady was four years ago when my son played his last lacrosse game against Union College. His team lost that day and it rained. This was a happier occasion