In the greatest comic story of all time – “Watchmen,” one of the key phrases is “Who Watches The Watchmen.” In the more famous words of Lord Acton – “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This is what I thought about when I heard the story of the NCAA’s seemingly botched investigation […]

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In life, there are just some things that you want to see for yourself: The Great Wall of China; The Pyramids; The Eiffel Tower; Mount Everest. For me, my “bucket list” includes the Australian Open tennis tournament (the only Grand Slam I haven’t attended); and I’d like to see Great White Sharks breaching the Australian […]

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As with any round number anniversary, the media reminds us of past events, some important, some not so. This November, we will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, which is only important to whose of us who watch the show. At the same time, the media will be flooded with JFK stories since […]

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I have written for sports since 1990; I have watched sports for as long as I can remember (I vividly remember watching Dick Butkus and Gale Sayers on television in their rookie year with the Bears and that was 1965). I thought that I had seen just about everything in the world of sports. I […]

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A friend on Facebook said that he was going to put together his list of best movies of last year, and it was then that I realized that I hadn’t done the same, and since I do like lists, better late than never. It was a good year for film in my opinion – especially […]

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While on break, I wanted to see a number of movies, and I got to the two I most wanted to see: Quentin Tarantino’s “Django Unchained” (“DU”) and Judd Apatow’s “This is 40.” I have always been a Tarantino fan, so the latest film was highest on the list. I don’t generally like today’s gross […]

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It’s the end of the year and the year end Billboard magazine came out this week, and it was a fairly grim year for music if you just look at the charts. Adele’s “21” CD was first place in sales again for the second year in a row; the first time that feat has ever […]

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