Thanks to the ubiquitous news and social media networks… …we now know how, back in 1983, Mitt Romney tied his family dog Seamus (for shame!) to the roof of his car during a 12-hour car trip, and how the terrified dog defecated in fear on the roof but Romney simply hosed the dog down and…
As an Asian-American, I must be a terrible disappointment to my Caucasian friends. In school, unlike my abacus-wielding compatriots, I was no mathematical genius, counting myself lucky if I could add and subtract competently with the help of my fingers and toes. Later, when Bruce Lee seemed to be all the rage, my own fists…
The week-long media frenzy over the unexpected demise of Whitney Houston continues today with her funeral in Newark, NJ. While I am generally saddened by news of anyone’s untimely passing, this time, uncharacteristically, I seem to be completely unaffected. Buddy Holly, Ricky Nelson, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson. Perhaps I’m…
In her New York Times column today, Maureen Dowd speculates on Callista’s silent adoration of her Newt: “There’s always a chance, of course, that Callista is not staring so intently at Newt to make him feel more Napoleonlic. Maybe she just doesn’t want to let him out of her sight (because) when a man marries…
Ostensibly because the end-of-the-year holidays starting with Thanksgiving are traditionally stressful times for families trying their best not to be quarrelsome or dysfunctional, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has issued a proclamation declaring Nov. 17-23 “A Week of Reconciliation.” He’s urging “all Kansans to contact and attempt to reconcile with anyone with whom they are estranged…
In downtown Lawrence yesterday, a woman dressed as a condom was promoting the virtues of having pets spayed or neutered. She was carrying a sign which said: “Condoms won’t work. Fix your cat!” This rendered me speechless, reducing me to near catatonia. I had no idea that feline lovers were gratifying themselves so furtively. In…
Anita Perry, wife of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, is now telling the whole world that “the other night was not his best performance,” that “a 30-second rebuttal doesn’t give you much time,” and that “he is only going to get better.” While some people might think it is fine for a wife to endorse her…
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole is the first Kansan to be singled out for the new Kansas Walk of Honor. Ceremonies on Friday in Topeka will include the unveiling of a bronze plaque at the southeast corner of the Kansas Statehouse lawn. According to an editorial in The Lawrence Journal-World, “Plans call for the state…
I just watched GLEE’s entire second season. I continue to like the way the writers of the show tackle all the important issues of our day by showing us what goes on in the lives of its high-school characters as they sing and dance their way through their day-to-day problems, including how many of them…
Kansas First Lady Mary Brownback says it’s important to promote literacy. “If you can’t read, it’s awfully hard to get a job, and you can’t develop to your full potential,” she opined wisely in an interview which appears in today’s Lawrence Journal-World. And so the governor’s wife is launching the Kansas Book Festival, an annual…