Baseball looked more like America's national pastime Sunday night. Team USA avoided elimination from the World Baseball Classic, beating the Netherlands 9-3 to ease the sting of a drubbing endured against Puerto Rico the night before. ...more

March 16, 2009

Baseball is just another profit-seeking business. ...more

November 7, 2008

The campaign that had increasingly seemed more uncivil war than election run-up is finally behind us. But the post-mortems and Monday-morning quarterbacking are not likely to end even on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. And Sarah Palin speculation, to be sure, will become a national pastime until she finally signs on with Fox News. As a result, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will continue to look ever more competent and mature beyond his years. ...more

November 6, 2008

Afternoon baseball belongs to the nostalgic "good old days." ...more

November 5, 2008

As the kids go, so goes the nation. Well, almost. In the past five presidential elections, the young fans of the Nickelodeon network have only missed the mark once. ...more

October 22, 2008

The American people need to hear the truth, but no one's willing to give it to them. That's because the quickest way to lose an election is to tell the public something they don't want to hear - even if they desperately need to hear it. ...more

October 15, 2008

The calendar tells us spring doesn't begin until March 20, but it really arrived last week when baseballs began hitting wooden bats and pounding leather gloves - the real sounds of the season. ...more

February 25, 2008

Before America's baby boomers came of age, pro football was just another face in the sports crowd. ...more

September 2, 2007