Musings on Musial

February 20th, 2013

By Michael Kaufman
When I was a kid I often tried copying Stan Musial’s unique batting stance. So what was a kid who rooted for the Dodgers doing copying the stance of a player for the St. Louis Cardinals? It was because he was Stan the Man.

In Need of a Fix

February 20th, 2013

By Jeffrey Page
You can’t libel the dead, but you can come pretty close.

Carrie’s Painting of the Week – 02/14/13

February 13th, 2013

By Carrie Jacobson
After a terrible weekend in Florida, the thought of a dog show seems sunny indeed

The Pope Resigns! Uh, No Big Deal

February 13th, 2013

By Bob Gaydos
If the accepted wisdom proves to be correct and a conservative European cardinal is elected as the new pope, nothing will change in the Roman Catholic Church. That would be sad.

The Scouts Need to be Brave

February 13th, 2013

By Jeffrey Page
The Boy Scouts have had 103 years to do something about their odious anti-gay bias, but have spent the time ignoring the matter.

Is a Rational Debate on Guns Possible?

February 6th, 2013

By Bob Gaydos
As support for gun control measures have gained strength in the wake of the ghastly shooting in Newtown, Conn., the arguments against more restrictions have grown increasingly strident and outrageous by some elements of the NRA.

A Few Words from a Former Gun Owner

February 6th, 2013

By Michael Kaufman
I used to own a gun. I thought I needed it for protection against criminals, anti-Semites, racists and the coming of fascism. It was also my right to have under the Second Amendment.

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Cheat ‘Em

February 6th, 2013

By Emily Theroux
The (Hoping You’re) Gullible Old Party reduces its existential impasse to mere semantics.

The Littlest Victims

February 6th, 2013

By Jeffrey Page
A year on probation for binding and blindfolding two kids and leaving them in a locked car in a Walmart lot.

Carrie’s Painting of the Week – 01/31/13

January 30th, 2013

Some thoughts about the Big Field, Little House school of painting…