The power to lead and mislead “There are three estates in Parliament but in the Reporters’ Gallery yonder there sits a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. It is not a figure of...
Gussie Davis
Giving credit where it’s due. If you are of our generation, then you certainly know the tune “Irene, Goodnight”. You may have heard it from the great legend of folk/protest music...
NASCAR
Can you still make a living solely by making left turns? Most of us drive a car daily, or at least several times per month. When we drive we often make turns, both right and left, and no one cares...
Baseball’s Most Unusual Team: Part 2
Welcome to the House of David (Editor’s Note: With the delay in the baseball season, we thought something on the subject would help alleviate the pain.) Let’s get back to baseball and why in...
Baseball’s Most Unusual Team: Part 1
Welcome to The House of David Major League Baseball starts this month. Opening day with all the inherent hoopla is somewhere in the neighborhood of March 26th. This reminded me of the most unusual...
What You Give Away in Social Media
Computer scientist Jennifer Golbeck’s thoughts about Social Media. By Bill Wood And you thought the 2016 national elections told us a lot about ourselves? Wait’ll you learn what...
TV: It Ain’t Going Away…
But they are asking you to design your own. If you’re like the other 92% of Americans, you watch TV. You have a favorite sit- com, Prime Time series, or you like the wide array of sports...
“Absolute Perfection”
A peek into an original TV script Most of us have seen an episode of episodic (or series) TV. Many of us now binge watch on Netflix, or Hulu or the like. But how many of us have actually seen a...
Racing Unplugged: Formula E Gen2
The next generation of electric race cars are hitting the track. By Bill Wood Old school racers found it hard to hide their cynicism of electric car racing when the idea was introduced in 2011. When...
Racy Ladies of 1920’s Blues
The sexiest sultriest songstresses and their very blue tunes When a beautiful woman sings about her ‘sugar bowl’ and asks you to ‘put a hot dog between her roll’… well, to quote Mick Jagger, “what...