Monday, June 21, 2010

Big 12-2 = Econo 10?

Weeks of threats, schemes, rumors, desertions, plans and counter-plans came to an abrupt and, according to some pundits, surprising halt June 14 when the Big 12 Conference seemed to close a wound and limit its loss to two schools.

Ground Control to Ginger

Originally released for publication June 2, 2010


Some things are too good to pass up. You see, I really don’t want to write this column.

My primary concern is it will appear I am taking advantage of a woman who is simply not too bright. Another is feeding her desire for publicity. Yet another concern is it will seem I’m so lazy that I couldn’t pass up an incredibly easy target for a column.

Let's get real

Note: originally released for publication May 26, 2010

While oil drillers, petroleum engineers and other experts are frantically trying to stifle the blown out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico, most of the rest of us are doing what we do best.

We’re complaining about the government ever allowing something to go wrong, about big business contributing to the problem by not caring about the little guy, about ... well, about the fact it makes us feel bad.