Soccer is an entertaining game. It is one of the most played and popular games throughout the world. Some basic skills are required to play soccer. The star players of this game are known for their consummate skill that sets them apart from the rest. It takes elusive determination, extensive practice, and intensive training to […]
Of a double million dollar lottery winner Introduction Yes, I have won the lottery – twice. And no, I don’t play the lottery like 99% of the population does. Perhaps equally important is the fact that very few months go by without me making at least a small profit of some kind. My biggest winnings […]
I was thinking about Trent Green and Matt Cassel the other day. Green is one of my favorite Chiefs of all time. He was the best quarterback we’d seen in a Chiefs uniform since Lenny Dawson. (My take is that while Joe Montana still had a bit of magic in him, he was a shell […]
I’ve always used a Uniden race scanner to keep up with NASCAR events, and I’ve never been disappointed with one. That’s why when my old unit died I decided to get the Uniden SC230 scanner with NASCAR/Busch frequencies pre-programmed. This is a new device for me, but I immediately fell in love with it. So […]
The recently concluded Euro 2008 was widely covered in the international media, but there was another piece of news that attracted less coverage and readers. Spain’s Euro 2008 victory party soured when one fan was killed and nearly 100 injured during wild celebrations in Madrid. The victim, a 40-year-old man, was found lying in a […]
Most people think highly of their doctors. They want their doctors to be objective, scientific, unbiased, and yet caring, compassionate, and sensitive. In short, they want doctors who are more holy healers than human beings. It makes sense that people want this from their doctors. When you’re lying on the exam table with the doctor […]
For the elite athlete, the brass ring of immortality and a professional sports championship often swings just beyond reach. The more he abandons one, the more the public emphasizes what he has not refined instead of what he has. LeBron James knows all about this ruthless inconsistency. For eight bewildering seasons, he was the uncrowned […]
As a former diplomat, I have had the opportunity to observe the behavior of nations up close and from a commanding perspective. The complexities and challenges facing the United States and other countries in today’s multipolar, interdependent, tumultuous, and fast-paced world are staggering. But statecraft hasn’t changed since the birth of nation-states and can be […]
Jerome Camal, French by birth, is an Assistant at Washington University in Saint Louis in Jazz Studies, Logic of Music, and Logic of Ethnic Music. But he is also a saxophonist who is not satisfied with living off academic pursuits and does not want to be called by the teacher, but prefers to play in […]
It was the year 1960 -Did you know that? • Squaw Valley, California, site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, was snow-free as the time for the games approached. A local Native American tribe, the Piute, performed an Indian Snow Dance, and believe it or not, it worked. A blizzard ensued, and the games went on […]