I got a call the other day from a friend who I’ll call Hecktor. He reminded me that he was about to climb out of his seventies and over the hill into his eighties. He said he planned to invite me to his eightieth birthday party but he had changed his mind. My name had…

Raise your hand because you must take the blame. Since you have been able to vote for the American president we have not had one who was ranked in the top. The last time a top seven president was elected was not during the time you were eligible to vote unless you were born before…

Watching from the outside it seems the Bristol DA’s office is engaged in a little bit of over kill in the Hernandez case. Perhaps it is necessary given the judge’s bent to favor defense lawyers and her prior squabbles with that DA’s office. I can’t see how their case will get any better than it…

P. Haskell made a comment on the blog the other day. I made a partial response to it but thought I’d like to write more about it. P wrote: “How about Biden, would you say he’s too old as well. I agree, it’s got to be someone younger, but someone who has management and /or…

Hillary Clinton may be a nice woman, I’ve never thought so but I’ve never met her. One thing I do know about her is that she is an old woman.  She was born on October 26, 1947. If she won the presidency she’d take office on March 20, 2017 at the age of 69 ½….

Three times Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s lawyer’s asked Judge O’Toole for a change of venue. Twice they went to the Court of Appeals and argued for a change. It is impossible for him to get a fair trial they complained; only in a far off venue would the fairness be ensured. Then they make their opening and…