I took some time off this holiday season and spent a lot of it chasing the Indignant Children and watching movies, both in theaters and at home on video. A lot of stuff happened, so let’s go over it: • The well deserved Chicago Bear house cleaning by George McCaskey didn’t go far enough. Ted […]

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Someone contacted me and asked why I never wrote about Major League Umpire Dale Scott came out as a gay man, and there’s a simple reason – it wasn’t news. True equality is when it is no longer news that someone is gay. Only the fundamentalists cant deal with a changing world. Love who you […]

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I do love comedy movies, but I admit that the current fart/dick/gross out movies haven’t done anything for me. I like wit move than “Jackass,” and have not been much of a Seth Rogan fan (although “This Is The End” with Rogan and James Franco was hilarious). I personally cant wait to see “The Trip […]

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It is time again to give the list of my favorite music of the year. Many critics list CDs that no one has ever heard of, trying to influence the reader into trying something new. I however, am old, don’t get loads of free CDs from artists, and therefore, my favorite artists tend to end […]

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I have been a subscriber to Rolling Stone magazine for decades and I still do. The political coverage, the in depth articles and the celebrity profiles make the magazine. I always glance at the record reviews because they have been co-opted for many years (I have wondered if the reviews are bought and paid for, […]

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I’m taking a few days off from the column. See you next week!

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For most people, Bill Cosby is an icon – first black performer on a regular television series (I- Spy), multitudes of comedy concerts and albums, all clean, family friendly material, and of course, arguably the most successful television situation comedy of all time – The Cosby Show. Plus, holding a Doctorate of Education, Cosby has […]

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