Currently on Amazon.com’s best seller lists is “My Father At 100” by his son Ron. There are at least two other books that have been released in the past few weeks to commemorate the 40th president and of course, the conservatives are once again trying to engage in rewriting history to make the man a […]

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• I hate to say this about a black man, but former Cubs outfielder Milton Bradley is nuts. I said so when the cubs signed him; all the time he played here; and after he left for Seattle. Well, Bradley is in trouble again, this time with the law. Earlier this week, he was arrested […]

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• Auburn’s Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Cam Newton announced that he would forego his senior season and enter this April’s NFL Draft No s#$%! I’m surprised he didn’t make the announcement at midfield right after the ball went through the uprights in Auburn’s 22-19 win in the National championship game. • By the way, will […]

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I thought that I would have more time over the holidays to correspond with everyone, but the Indignant Children have been more indignant than usual. So, I never had the chance to wish you a Happy Christmas (my apologies) , but I do have the opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year. But […]

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Over the next 3 weeks or so, we will be bombarded by various “Top 10 Lists” from critics as reputable as Roger Ebert to options as dubious as those of Mickey Mouse. Films, movies, music; almost everything that happened in 2010 is going to be ranked until we enter 2011. So, what’s one more…. For […]

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There’s always someone who disagrees with the popular consensus, and I don’t mind being that person from time to time. That said, I don’t get all of the critical praise being heaped on Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan.” As I wrote after this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, I didn’t think much of the film. In […]

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This week, Consumer Reports released its satisfaction survey of wireless carriers, and in no shock to me, AT&T ranked dead last among U.S. wireless carriers. The nation’s second largest wireless network received the worst possible rating in eight of the nine categories the magazine studied, including overall value, voice service, data service, phone service, staff […]

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