Last week, the Indignant Family and I were on vacation to Alaska, and the bus we were on passed through a notorious place..Wassila, Alaska. We passed within ½ mile of the home of a certain dimwitted former governor/vice-presidential candidate (I couldn’t see Russia from there), and I fought off an urge to wonder if the […]

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The happiest man in Bristol, CT this week is Cris Carter. The NFL analyst who told rookies in 2014 to get “a fall guy” when they ran into the law; got one of his own, and he doesn’t even have to pay him. Former MLB pitcher, ESPN baseball analyst and noted right wing kook and […]

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When we were at Northwestern, my friend Tony Swanagan and I said that if we ever got rich and famous, we had to have an entourage. Besides the drivers, friends and various go-fers, we joked that we would have to have a scapegoat to blame everything on and probably a whipping boy to slap around. […]

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So, it’s been a busy year for your narrator, so I’m going to take a little time off. But before I go, one final couple of thoughts: One of the major sports networks says that the Chicago Bears are going to be the worst team in the NFL, projecting out to 3-13, last in the […]

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Over the past several years, residents of major cities around the globe have discovered that spending millions and even billions of dollars on hosting Olympics or World Cup soccer tournaments are a huge scam. Even before the FIFA scandal was announced and officials began getting arrested, it was common assumption that the whole “bidding” involved […]

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I have to admit that I was wrong – I didn’t think NFL Commissioner Roger “The Sherriff” Goodell had the balls to uphold the 4-game suspension levied to Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady in the “Deflate-gate” incident. There were stories that Brady’s people and/or the NFL Players’ Association were negotiating a deal. Brady wanted to just […]

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Every workday morning, I listen to the news radio station to get the 5-day weather forecast and see if there are any traffic nightmares early in the morning. I also get an update on local sports and a few headlines. Before stepping in the shower however, I get to hear the morning business report, and […]

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