Category Archives: 2018
The Daily Dose – October 15, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… YEAH, WE WERE ALL WONDERING ABOUT THIS, GUYS: In our last column, an On This Date tidbit featured Jim Hines running the first sub-10 second 100-meter time under automatic timing at the 1968 Summer … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 16, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… HERE WE GO AGAIN: As it does from time to time, term limits is rearing its head again. Not only did we have a conversation about it with a fellow citizen this past week, … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 21, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… STOP US IF YOU HEARD THIS BEFORE: In a recent column we came out against term limits, a long-held position, on the theory that the best form of term limits are the regular elections … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 22, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… HUT, HUT HIKE: The NFL decided to nothing regarding player conduct during the playing of the national anthem in at its annual fall meeting this past week. Owners were so intent on good PR … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 24, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… GO GOP!: Last year, when it appeared Donald Trump did not have much chance to win the presidency, we said that his impending loss might well herald the end for the Republican Party. It … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 25, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME: When Penn State’s punishment in the Jerry Sandusky child molesting scandal was meted out by the NCAA in 2012 we thought they got off … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 29, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… HELP WANTED: We don’t usually talk about personal amusements here at your Daily Dose but today we are going to chat a little bit about sports officiating. For several years the number of people … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 30, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’: You know, there was a time when winning ensured some job security for managers and coaches. Not anymore. Joe Girardi manages the New York Yankees to within a … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 31, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… OH, I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE, HOORAY!: The headline about a Mississippi school district deciding to return the landmark book To Kill A Mockingbird to its eighth-grade curriculum caught our eye, but it … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – November 1, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… CAN’T WE JUST CUT AND PASTE THE LAST COLUMN?: Mass killings in this country long ago stopped being news in the context of actually being out of the ordinary. The root of the word … Continue reading