I got the below quote from my brother, Dan, in Miramar, who has about as much respect for Obama's health care plan as most everyone does except for those of this administration who are mostly pushing for its very liberal approval. The following conservative thoughts from an unidentified health care professional pretty well sum up my feelings. And with now passing the age of being eligible for their revised Medicare Plan, this really hits home: ...more

December 16, 2009

Myles Brand, who fired Bob Knight as Indiana University basketball coach and went on to become NCAA president, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer. He was 67. ...more

September 17, 2009

Finally, auction day has come for the Phoenix Coyotes. It's two days, actually. The NHL franchise is to be sold at auction in a two-day hearing that begins Thursday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in downtown Phoenix. ...more

September 10, 2009

Robert Downey Jr. is officially back in the superhero business. ...more

April 8, 2009

Recession or no, billionaire Charles Simonyi couldn't pass up another shot at space, even if it meant shelling out $35 million more. ...more

March 22, 2009

Detroit Pistons owner Bill Davidson, who was inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame last year, has died. He was 86. ...more

March 14, 2009

Billionaire Warren Buffett said unemployment likely will climb much higher, depending on how effective the nation's policies are, but he remains optimistic about the long run. ...more

March 10, 2009

Most of us can't really conceive of just how much money a trillion dollars is. I know it's a "1" with 12 zeros after it, but it's hard to get a handle on how much space that much cash would take up. I keep thinking of those old comic books with Disney's Scrooge McDuck. He kept all his money in a vault that looked like a swimming pool full of dollars. My guess is even Scrooge McDuck didn't have that much cash in his vault. ...more

March 6, 2009

After nearly two decades of rocking the music world with a mix of brash stunts and splashy CD releases, the remaining six Virgin Megastores in the United States will shut their doors this summer in another blow to recorded music. ...more

March 3, 2009

The $250-million loan by billionaire Carlos Slim to The New York Times Co. is said to be innocent of any motive of influencing U.S. news and opinion. Perhaps that is so, but it would have been better had the question never come up. ...more

February 1, 2009