Christmas is coming and the end of the world is near. No, it’s not war, famine, or the bird flu. It’s time to shop and jump into the magic of the holiday season and buy respect from your friends and coworkers. There is a way to keep sane this holiday season. I’ve expanded on last […]
If I had $50 million, I wouldn’t use it to make millions of people tell me I’m wrong. Our wonderful governor, however, just wrote himself into a blockbuster hole. The script called for him to jump into California and tear the dirty hippies out here a new one. He was supposed to make the unions […]
President Bush picked his new nominee for the Supreme Court last Monday. Before I even get to his name, I might as well mention that I’m insulted by Bush’s choice. I’m not just talking about the nominee, I’m talking more about the timing. This choice came the Monday after Vice President Dick Cheney’s assistant, Lewis […]
Last year I thought long and hard about what I was most thankful for in my life and what Thanksgiving was to me. If you’re looking for that kind of column, I’ll put the link at the bottom of the story. This year, I realized I’m also thankful for something else. Good ol’ politics. I […]
“This just might do nobody any good. “At the end of this discourse, a few people may accuse this reporter of fouling his own comfortable nest, and your organization may be accused of having given hospitality to heretical and even dangerous thoughts… “It is my desire, if not my duty, to try to talk to […]
Video games suck. And there’s little hope of them getting better. The next wave of the video game console wars is locked into graphics quality. Everyone wants stunning graphics, pretty colors and fantasy worlds that look real. All of these shiny objects coming out act as a distraction for a real issue nowadays. To alter […]
Peter Gammons wants to kill my childhood. The ESPN baseball analyst is trying to erase some of the best memories of my life. He wants to prove once and for all that everything I know is wrong and he is right. He wants to kill baseball. And he’s not alone. In the past seven years, […]
The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl. The New England Patriots hoisted the Lombardi Trophy for winning the championship game of the National Football League, 24-21. But if you bet on them, you probably lost. They didn’t cover the spread. Sports gambling is a magical world where one paycheck can be parlayed to pay off […]
Welcome to Chico, whatever you’re called Before I get too far into my writing this week, I want to take a moment to welcome all of our incoming freshmen. Congratulations on picking a swell institution like Chico State. I think you’ll have a grand time. For most of you, this is the beginning of a […]
There’s no such thing as being too old to trick-or-treat. Now before you run out in your “sexy” Charlie Brown ghost costume and raise Cain in the neighborhood, here’s the plan to make your All Saints Day truly memorable. If you’ve already bought your Halloween stash candy and it’s still October, you’re a fool. There’s no […]