Favorite Videos
Athletes Wimping Out or Being Intelligent?
Raphael Nadal is the greatest tennis player in the world. He was ranked #1 going into the current Australian Open. If he won the Melbourne tournament it would be four [...]
What Would Steve Jobs Do?
Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs said Monday that for health reasons he was taking another leave of absence from the daily duties of the company. He says he’s still [...]
Do We Really Care About Trains?
The train from Beijing to Shanghai goes 200 miles per hour. Amtrak’s Acela Express train from Washington D.C. to New York goes half that on a good day. But our [...]
Is Facebook for Adults?
Goldman Sachs is valuing Facebook at $50 billon and I am still calling my kids on the phone and texting only if I’ve got a magnifying glass available. Frankly, I [...]
2011 Breakout or Breakdown?
With the New Year beginning I wanted to see what the Sunday New York Times, the reflection of the Eastern liberal elites, would be writing about. The front section was [...]
Do You Like the End of “It’s a Wonderful Life”?
Christmas time is here! Time to focus on family and helping the less fortunate—assuming you don’t get too swept up in the commercial, materialist, stressful holiday stuff. I’m Jewish, and [...]
The 1000/1 Shot
I’m celebrating my 66th birthday today, and I was delighted to read that 66-year-old Jaimy Gordon, an obscure writer of horseracing novels, just won the National Book Award for fiction [...]
I May Be Wrong About 2011 But I Doubt It
As Charles Barkley so eloquently stated in his first memoir, “I may be wrong, but I doubt it.” Today I’ll put on my Carnac turban and peer into 2011. I [...]
Afterthought: Switch Pitching
Pat Venditte presently is a AA prospect in the Yankees organization. He’s a legitimate big league prospect with 91-mile per hour pop on his fastball from the right side, but [...]
Beginning Life at 80
As I prepare for another birthday and ponder whether to start my Social Security checks (you get more per month if you wait), I’m considering the value of work for [...]