America has spoken. And they’ve made their choices in a free and fair democratic election, with no bombs actually going off. And if my social media feeds are any indication, as a country we’ve apparently committed hari-kari. Well, as someone who has often been put in the uncomfortable position of conveying results of far less … Read more
My roommate was literally over the moon about the spectacle that occupied Madison Square Garden on a rare day when the Knicks, Rangers or a concert wasn’t booked, one he claims he watched from end to end yesterday. He couldn’t stop raving about the energy, the love and the size of the crowd–perhaps because it … Read more
One of the reasons I pay a disproportionate amount of attention to sports and escapist entertainment is that there’s only so much bandwidth even I have for the urgency, determination, desperation and incendiary rhetoric that an election cycle tends to produce. And even though I don’t live in a swing state, I still get more … Read more
There’s a lot of outrage being leveled at what I have frequently referenced as the Left Angeles TIMES lately, and for a change it has nothing to do with the otherwise omnipresent issue that seems to obsess the gang of remotely based “experts” routinely devoting thousands of words to the latest “alarming” wastewater trends. Here’s … Read more
My roommate is a particularly giddy mood these days, as he continues to become more convinced that his choice is all but assured his second presidential term. Much as that fact may be daunting to many of you, I can’t say he’s wrong. Thanks to his virtually nonstop blaring of FOX News and FOX Business … Read more
NOTE: This musing also appears today on our sister site, www.thedoubleovertime.com. Please visit it regularly for opinions on sports of all sorts. When ESPN recently had a few stray weeknights where they were scrambling to find live content to fill prime time hours they turned to women’s college volleyball for a short-lived schedule of matches … Read more
As if in direct response to the nonstop taunts from the likes of FOX NEWS that have provided a daily updating of how many public appearances she has made in contrast to her opponent since she was anointed as the Democrats’ savior, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are seizing upon a down week for the … Read more
A year ago, I woke up to the disturbing news that came out of Israel that, 50 years and a day after the outbreak of the Six-Day War, the country came under attack once again. This time, not by a nation, but an ideology. I’d like to say I was as mortified and activated as … Read more
We’re in the middle of yet another oppressive heat wave in some parts of La-La Land, and the calendar has barely skipped to fall. Naturally, that meant it was the optimal time for my place of employment to devote two aisles to a massive array of Christmas decorations and tzatchtkes, displacing the Halloween displays that … Read more
If anything sums up the difference in significance and ultimate impact of this debate versus the prior one, the choice of venue should speak volumes. When Madame Vice President and Fat Orange Jesus duked it out last month, they did so at the pristine National Constitution Center in Philadelphia which, as USA TODAY’s Phaedra Trethan … Read more