Many people were looking forward, I guess, to watching the annual White House Correspondents Association annual dinner last night. But hasn’t it veered drastically from its founding image? Started as a way to celebrate journalists The event actually first started in 1914, so last night was it’s 110th anniversary. But it’s strayed away a great […]
Two things this week take me back more than 50 years in time. And it’s not really in a good way. Campus protests Really? Couldn’t we have figured out how to handle campus protests from 50 years ago without the violence and arrests of this week? I just watched two educators on PBS NewsHour, the […]
This is a tough topic, but I think it’s important. $1 billion per month Did you know that big pharma spends $1 billion per month on television advertising? Are you surprised? Do you get annoyed with all of the ads for prescription drugs? Only 2 nations Only the United State and New Zealand allow pharmaceutical […]
I know we’re all tired of reading about and worrying about Joe Biden’s age. Los Angeles Times piece But a guest opinion piece in today’s Los Angeles Times sheds valuable light, I think. The piece was written by Beverly Hills geriatrician Daniel J. Stone. He’s counseled many seniors over time about the effects of aging. […]
In these times of despair over political candidates and wars around the world, I wanted to take a loot at something light today. How about funny television commercials? Old ladies in the snow I don’t think anyone disagrees with my current favorite. It’s the Amazon Prime commercial with the elderly trio of ladies sledding with […]
Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t fit the nickname “Bibi,” which, to me, seems lovable. He isn’t. Retaliation In retaliation for the merciless slaughter of 1,200 innocent men, women and children on October 7, he has extracted some 28,000 Palestinian lives and destroyed Gaza. American aid has enabled this in a major part. Congress Now Congress, at the […]
We have a slaughter under way in Gaza with the U.S. Congress now considering more aid to Israel. We have a humanitarian crisis at the border, not just with immigrants but with those trying to care for them. We have a continuing war in Ukraine with stalling on the part of some members of Congress. […]
NBC has completed a year-long investigation into children working in slaughterhouses. It’s available on YouTube titled Slaughterhouse Children. I urge you to watch it. Arkansas and other states This comes to my mind particularly because of large Tyson chicken processing plants nearby. And it’s also on my mind because the Sarah Huckabee Sanders administration has […]
Arkansas isn’t the capitol for great care for children. Yet, a commission was asked to choose a memorial on the state Capitol grounds for aborted babies. They chose the less offensive one, thank goodness The commission chose the lesser of two offensive ones, this one pictured above, will have living plants. The memorial was called […]
I’ve never watched the Batchelor or its spin-offs on ABC, and I don’t like reality television, whatever that is. But I was intrigued with the idea of the Golden Bachelor. Gerry Turner Gerry Turner seemed like an ideal selection. He was handsome, a retired “restauranteur” and a widow of a few years, who said he […]