Anyone remember the 1987 song by R.E.M. entitled “It’s The End of the World As We Know it (And I Feel Fine)”? That notion occurred to me when I saw an […]
How L.A. (ai) Angels won it all
And yes, he was really out
By Ben Walker Associated Press It was the most debated play of the year in Major League Baseball, perhaps the most dissected and discussed sequence in World Series history. Should Isiah Kiner-Falefa […]
‘We don’t need you, Blue Jays!’
Hey, you maple syrup-addicted Canucks. Lay off with the trash talk against Our Unicorn. Go kiss a moose! In Toronto on Saturday, with their team getting beat like a red-headed Manitobian, some […]
If Rangers, why not Angels?
“The road is short that never bends.” – Anonymous The bend in the road for the Texas Rangers took a while to arrive, but arrive it did … after 12 years. But […]
‘Long, difficult war’ is predicted
A protracted war between Hamas and Israel may be in the offing, as Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a “long and difficult” conflict on Saturday. Israel, he said, has moved toward […]
Russia backs out of grain deal
Russia on Saturday withdrew from a grain deal that had allowed exports from Ukrainian ports in reaction to what Moscow claimed was a massive attack on its Russian naval forces in the […]
Nancy Pelosi’s husband beaten
An intruder shouting “Where is Nancy?” severely beat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home The Associated Press reports that 82-year-old Paul Pelosi suffered a skull fracture and serious […]
U.S. economy grew by 2.6 %
Defying predictions of an impending recession, the U.S. economy is expanding at an annual rate of 2.6 percent, the Commerce Department announced on Thursday. The announcement on the state of the gross […]
Big numbers of early ballots
Voters are casting early ballots for the Nov. 8 general election in record numbers. According to the Associated Press, 838,000 voters in Georgia have submitted their votes in person at advance voting […]
OPEC wants higher prices
If you’re getting sticker shock at the pump now, you may someday be looking back at the price you pay for a gallon of gasoline as “the good old days.” On Wednesday, […]
