If I heard that someone had actually bought a Hummer in this day and age, I’d consider that big news. So when I heard that someone actually bought the entire company, the Hummer brand, I considered it enormous news.
If necessity is the mother of invention, a bad economy is invention’s annoying, but motivating brother-in-law. During the Great Depression, all kinds of important things were invented including the electric shaver, penicillin, and Monopoly.
The fact that California is in bad shape financially does not make it unique. What makes it unique is Gov. Schwarzenegger’s suggestion to help get California back on its sandaled feet.
Every Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the American men and women who have died in combat. With speeches and solemn ceremonies, we recognize their courage and valor.
With an ongoing debate about the dearth of quality role models for young girls, when the Bratz dolls dress more provocatively than the Pussycat Dolls and even Dora the Explorer required a Glamour Shots makeover, it’s a relief for parents knowing that a few women have emerged of late as bona fide men
The good news about living in the “Information Age” is that just about everybody can express what is on his or her mind. In other eras, only writers wrote.
I’ve been so distracted by minor but flashy news stories this year like the NCAA Finals, the nation’s finances, and the new Obama administration, I missed the big story of 2009.
I read the other day that IBM plans on having a computer compete against human contestants on the TV show, “Jeopardy!” The claim is that if the computer beats people, it will be a big leap forward in the field of artificial intelligence.
We all know people who have unusual names. Some of them are intended to be “cute,” like Justin Thyme or Madison S. Garden. You might wince when you hear names like these, but others might think they’re clever.
I know it’s not the same as toiling in the mines, but writing is hard work. That’s why it’s so impressive to me when someone is prolific. Thriller novelist Robert Ludlum, author of “The Bourne Identity,” among others, is an example.
The University of Oklahoma’s Courtney Paris recently became the first four-time All-American in women’s college basketball history. That’s right, she played for four years, and she was an All-American every year.
President Obama and First Lady Michelle recently visited the queen of England in Buckingham Palace. Although the event obviously took place in England, for me it was yet another “only in America” event.
