I have never met her, yet I feel like I could hold her close to me and tell her it will all be OK if only I could see her right now. I don’t think I am alone with these feelings. Almost all of America and for sure any mother that has been following this [...]

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In the past several days various pundits and the editorial staffs of several newspapers have been saying John McCain is finished and that Barack Obama is about to become the 44th president of the United States. McCain believers have pointed out that several presidents pulled off last-minute upsets, Harry Truman being foremost among them. But [...]

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The good news is that Professor Jones looks as good as ever, wry, dogged and sarcastic, ever able to hare off by any means of transport to exotic jungle or desert locations in search of strange artifacts and having many interesting adventures and hairsbreadth escapes as can be crammed into two hours or so. Harrison [...]

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In fact Colin Powell endorsing Obama may be exactly what Obama does not need. Powell has worked with several Republican administrations and has made his hawkish views well known. As one of the ‘brain trust’ that George W. used in deciding to get into Iraq, one can hardly view this endorsement as good news for [...]

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When I glanced at the cover, I mistakenly assumed this was going to be some kind of self help and diet book. A writing genre that induces a comatose state in me after page 2! I was completely off base, Embracing Your Big Fat Ass is a wonderfully funny look at the how we perceive [...]

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I always say I believe in miracles and this is one as far as I am concerned. Six year old Cole Puffinburger was kidnapped from his family’s home in Las Vegas allegedly by two men posing as police officers but they were actually drug dealers. They tied up Cole’s mother and her fiancé and ransacked [...]

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Denis Leary, the star of ‘Rescue Me’ has zeroed out with his attack on autism. He has caused anger and astonishment when his new book, ‘Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Lazy, and Stupid,’ launched an attack on parents, carers and children with autism. Leary wrote in his book: ‘There is a [...]

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