Laughing Matters

For the new year, I resolved that in 2012 I wouldn’t wait until the last minute to write these columns....

America’s foremost humorist, Mark Twain, considered the Spanish-American War ironic. (Actually he considered it borderline criminal.) Our forefathers had come...

One of my New Year’s resolutions for 2012 is to avoid waiting until the last minute to write these columns....

Few knew that real estate tycoon, and unabashed 1 percent-er, Douglas Scrooge was the great-great-great grandson of Ebenezer Scrooge. But...

For anyone old enough to remember back to 1960 the recent photos from Iran of a “captured” American surveillance drone...

Even though we worked a decade apart, it’s hard to imagine two more different security guards at the Shores than...

For those who don’t like when I write about sports, consider this more of a movie review that I’ve wanted...

With yesterday being Thanksgiving, it’s safe to say that all of us are approximately 2 1/2 pounds heavier. (And a...

There’s an old expression often used during the holidays, “It’s better to give than receive.” Obviously, Bernie Madoff wasn’t a...

President Obama announced a few weeks ago that all of our troops would be leaving Iraq by year’s end. Given...