Seattle’s KPLU sports commentator Art Thiel observed recently that, "More than 1,000 NFL retired players are suing the league now over what they claim is neglect of the issues of head trauma to long-term brain function consequence.”  Athletes with long histories of r/… Read full post »

Here's my latest travel piece for Yahoo....enjoy!

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The April 23, 2012 issue of TIME magazine shows a collegial image of President Obama in the White House gardens with President George W. Bush on one side of him and President Bill Clinton on the other. The three look genuinely friendly and Obama has his hands placed… Read full post »

Just when I thought they were going to put statins in the water supply since everyone I know is on them, my friend Dr. Barbara Roberts writes a book that urges us to take a closer look at the whole question of cholesterol management.

Barbara is so great… Read full post »

Since I tend to sympathize with the platforms of the Democratic Party most of the time, I should be delighted that the Republicans have been shooting themselves in the foot every day since their primary season began. The malapropisms and factual faux pas of Michele Bachmann, the memory lapse… Read full post »

If you are longing to speak French, stay in a chateau, enjoy great continental food and unwind in an artistic European atmosphere, Quebec may offer you a more reasonable getaway alternative to the Parisian Euro Zone.

Bon Voyage!

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 A friend wrote me recently to remind me of of this Yahoo post I wrote last summer...that now seems more prophetic than I ever thought it might have been. I hope you will enjoy it too.

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Two Good "Christian" Men Chatting

It is said about offspring that "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree."… Read full post »

The men who call themselves “pro-life” and “pro-family” want to limit women’s access to contraception, cut back on pre-natal care for fear it will lead to more abortions, and force pregnant women to have a fiber optic probe inserted in their vagi… Read full post »

 Periodically I share on this page my Travel pieces on Yahoo. Lately so many people tell me they yearn to see Sicily, so here's an armchair jaunt I offered recently to give the uninitiated a chance for a taste of Sicilia.

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Few Americans are more fascinated with the politics in Florida than New Englanders like me who spend half their time in the Sunshine State to escape the cold and snow of their birthplaces. The stereotypes ring true, it seems, and the point of view of Floridians often stuns the political minds… Read full post »

Italians say, “Only good people die.” They are not referring to the American myth that “bad things happen to good people,” but rather to the universal practice by which eulogies declare every corpse a saint.

Joe Paterno is now dead and already the sanctifiers are blaming a… Read full post »

I first met Andrea Mitchell years ago in Washington DC when I was one of a number of radio talk hosts President Clinton invited to broadcast live from the White House lawn. She’s a… Read full post »

A few days ago I finally heard the question I had feared ever since Rick Santorum became the GOP “flavor of the week.” His flavor was going to be “marinara” after my Uncle Arthur in Portsmouth, NH asked “Isn’t he Italian?”

I answered,… Read full post »

Some people just can’t make the quantum leap between the normal feeding function of the breast and the salacious breast image created by those who just love to make things “dirty.” This year, it happened in a Texas Target. A breastfeeding mom in a remote corner of the… Read full post »

(The original version of this post appears in my column in today's Keene, Sentinel)

(Young in, "She Had to Say Yes" which, apparently, she did)

Judy Lewis 2002 - The apple didn't fall far from the tree

About 75 years ago, when Hollywood starlet Loretta… Read full post »

 (The following is a reprint of my regular column in the Keene Sentinel. This appeared in the Sentinel on Saturday,November 26, 2011)

Even knowing that every citizen is innocent until proven guilty, this grandmother and many other parents and grandparents are tired of the Penn State spin. We kno… Read full post »

On Thursday, November 17, 2011, the two month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, the movement that started Occupy demonstrations worldwide entered a new phase as hundreds of frustrated Americans gathered nationwide as authorities sought to quash their movement. In New York City, hom… Read full post »

1. How can anyone really take Herman Cain seriously as a candidate for the most important job in the country and perhaps the world?

2. What does it really say about the Republican Party that it applauds the death penalty, boos a US soldier who happens to… Read full post »

About 25 years ago, a restaurant chain called “Sambo’s” went under. The black community felt offended to have the children’s story of “Little Black Sambo” and his tiger butter pancakes resurrected in a racially equitable society.

Just weeks ago, GOP candidate Rick… Read full post »

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Good for New Jersey governor Chris Christie (with whom I seldom agree) for vetoing the proposal to give the TV show Jersey Shore a taxpayer-funded tax break. In axing the legislation, Christie said, appropriately:

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The recent special election in New York’s Ninth Congressional District saw 70 year-old Bob Turner, a former cable TV executive and a Roman Catholic conservative Republican handily defeating Democrat David Weprin for the seat vacated by ex-Congressjerk Anthony D. &ld… Read full post »

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Most of you have heard by now of the $500 million fine Google will pay the feds for knowingly allowing advertising of Canadian drugs on its site. Uncle Sam thinks that Canadian drugs that are not FDA approved may be dangerous. Even though millions of Canadians take them/… Read full post »