It’s the holiday season, and life is good in the sports world. My sports world. After an embarrassing loss Monday night the Wizards have bounced back with two straight wins on their Western trip. They are in first place in … Continue reading
Add egg nog to the list of products overrun by bizarre 21st-century variations. When I was a kid there was “egg nog.” Well, I suppose there were two kinds. You could make it or you could buy it. (But once … Continue reading
Forget the CFP. End all the debate and close the door on this season right now. Give the University of Central Florida football team the 2017 national title. That is all. … Continue reading
It seems not everyone was convinced by Wednesday’s post on this site and the accompanying research of R. Alexander Pyron, suggesting that, in layman’s terms, human beings are the species worth saving here on planet Earth. For not one day … Continue reading
The Outlook section of Sunday’s Washington Post (that’s my local paper) contained an article headlined “Species die. Get over it.” Don’t need much coffee after that. It was not April Fool’s Day. I hadn’t picked up The Washington Times by mistake. I was … Continue reading
Today, apparently, is something called “Cyber Monday.” I think it’s a little unnecessary. We should send a telegram to everyone who still shops at stores like a 20th-century cretin. Every day is Cyber Monday. … Continue reading
Most places in the world the day after Thanksgiving is like the day that doesn’t exist. Except here. Today exists. Though we kind of half ass it. … Continue reading
Whether you call it Turkey Day, Black Friday Eve, or that holiday between Halloween and Christmas, tomorrow is a special day for seemingly all Americans. It’s amazing to me, someone who meets people from many different cultures on a daily … Continue reading
I’ve been watching sports for almost 30 years, and the end of yesterday’s game between my hometown Washington Redskins and the Saints of New Orleans was the most unbelievable conclusion I’d ever seen. Asinine, actually, is the way I’d describe … Continue reading
Might as well go a full week on Binghamton basketball. Can you believe the Bearcats had a six-point lead last night on the road against George Mason? A real team in a real conference that plays in a real arena? … Continue reading