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Yesterday I wrote that an analysis by the Boston Globe’s internal investigators found no  fault with Kevin Cullen. Reading the results of their investigation everything was copacetic. Yet the Globe hit him with an axe, or ax as some prefer to spell the word. Why? Aside from doing its own investigation, the Globe farmed out a different part…

On April 20, 2018, Kevin Cullen, who has the distinction of being born on the same day as I was although he is a little slower having followed many years later, was placed on administrative leave. As you know Cullen has been with the Globe forever. I recall he was there in 1988 which means…

Frank Sinatra did not write the song. He sang it and when I think of the lyrics I associate it with him. I was surprised when checking on the lyrics to refresh my memory and read that the song is mostly associated with Dean Martin. I don’t get those guys mixed up so even though…

Watching the staged meeting where Trump and Kim Jong Un walked across the room on a red carpet in front of an embarrassing and crude scene of a dozen flags of the United States and North Korea placed next to each other in alternating places (talk about respecting the flag) was far from  exhilarating. I…

While Trump fretted because he was not thanked by Jack Johnson for his pardon it nevertheless made me smile when I heard that he had pardoned Johnson  who was an interesting guy.  His conviction was pretty much based upon the idea he violated the conventions of the day being a black man he consorted with…

I went out for coffee with a friend who works in DC the other day. He (the use of the masculine gender does not necessary reflect the gender of my friend) has some buddies in DC from whom he gets the skinny on what’s the deal with inside the White House and passes it on…