You’ve Got Cougars

In ABC’s new Wednesday evening Fall offering, “Cougar Town,” Courteney Cox plays a recently-divorced forty-something who decides to hit the jungle trail. Almost before we can say “sex” she latches onto a handsome stud and hauls him off to her pad.
That’s it. That’s the whole story encapsulated in the 30-minute pilot. Will this show last? [...]

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Struck Dumb on 24th Street

We parked on Valencia just around the corner from 24th Street. The four of us walked across 24th for a bite of lunch in a corner café, which was almost empty at that time of the afternoon. The waitress was a nice young girl who seated us promptly and then left us to review the [...]

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Newsom in Neverland

A major recurring theme in the expected gubernatorial primary between Democratic contestants Gavin Newsom and Jerry Brown will be the new versus the old. The lines are already forming, as evidenced by the following statement to Politico by Newsom’s political strategist, Garry South.
The contrast [between Newsom and Brown] is obvious. If you want new leadership [...]

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I’m Movin’ On

I’ll be moving on in a couple of days, leaving Maryland for Little Rock and from there to Oakland CA. I’ll miss MD and all of its tourist attractions, places like many Civil War battlefields, state and national wild horse preserves along the Atlantic, and, of course, Washington, D.C., a quick drive away with all [...]

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Breached Birthers

As a general rule, I ignore America’s lunatic fringe. To me, conspiracy theorists of both the right and left are humorous in a silly sort of way. If nothing else, they illustrate the ease with which many Americans glom onto the most outrageously unbelievable stories.
The birthers are merely the latest in a long line of [...]

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