Alex Rodriguez was always disliked, even often called 'Lightning Rod' for not being able to avoid trouble.  But the level of hatred is reaching nuclear proportions...and it's just getting started.   Let me assure everyone that I am neither defending A-Rod, nor producing any confusion as to his guilt or need for punishment,  This is simply a mocking of how baseball is trying to tap into our piling-on society to attempt to slickly cleanse itself of its sins.

They have always intrigued me. Yet, as a Jewish woman from Long Island they always seemed, to me, to be so wrong. Pickles belong in a plate next to the cole slaw at the Kosher deli or in a container in which they arrived at my house fresh from the barrel. Pickles do not belong anywhere near breadcrumbs or a fryer.

We decided to go to the driving range to hit a bucket or two.  It was hot, in the mid 90's and we were the only ones there, except for the guy driving around in circles in the little cart that picks up all of the hundreds of balls.  Eve probably hasn't hit a golf ball in at least two years.  So after half the bucket was empty, I felt very secure when I offered her $100 if she hit the little cart that was now a little bit off to the right center of us.  She aimed, steadied her stance, wound up, took

We, the United States Government, have promised not to kill or even torture Eric Snowden. That's comforting to a man who is holed up in the Russian airport. I'm not sure but I don't think that the Russian airport is a five star accommodation. For Russia's part, they say they will not extradite...and never will.  

Inasmuch as wall units were invented in 1945, I am older than air conditioning as we first knew it. 

With all of the attention on the other side of the Pond over the birth of George Alexander Louis, aka His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, the new heir to the British throne, I wonder what it would be like to live in a monarchy. My speculation only extends to consideration of a parliamentary monarchy -- where the monarch serves as a figure-head with traditional and historical functions (after all, we can’t ignore the War of Independence). Royalty above politics.

It feels like the concept of contrition is truly a thing of the past.  Ryan Braun and Anthony Weiner are both being blasted not just for their transgressions, but for the disingenous manner in which they handled their controversies.