“Some Like It Hot,” the title of a 1959 comedy film starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe (and a revamped 2022 version), should be mailed to the management of every public building in America. On second thought, they probably wouldn’t get the message – considering how dense they are in failing to realize […]
Mark Twain told the world in 1897 that, according to legend, “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Never mind that he really said, “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” The point is clear: He wasn’t dead, and the newspaper report was wrong. A similar phenomenon occurred about 15 years ago, shortly […]
A few days ago, I almost got run over in Walmart by a shopping cart. It’s illegal in Florida now to hold a cellphone while driving a vehicle. The law should include anything on wheels. And anyone walking on public property. I. Do. Not. Get it. What in God’s name does everyone find so damned […]
It’s doubtful the people who populate the Bible had any inkling that the automobile would one day replace the donkey on the road from Jerusalem to Jericho, or wherever, but your devious scribe has conjured a way to link the holy book with the modern mode of conveyance. The inspiration came two weeks ago today […]
“Blood on Their Hands” by Bob Brink. (Provided by TouchPoint Press) Persistence pays off. Hold that thought while I digress into an observation about a modern phenomenon: Our vocabulary needs to change with the ascent of technology. I didn’t just type that. I tapped it. That’s because I used a computer keyboard, which produced the […]
U.S. Capitol BOB’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS EPISTLE Dear Family, Friends, Citizens, Lend me your ears. Mine have not been serving me all that well lately. And I don’t think wax is the culprit. More like the din emanating from the U.S. Capitol and reverberating throughout the land. Okay, Bob, hold it right there. That’s a contentious […]
There it was, in the March 30 edition of the Palm Beach Post, part of the syndicated People’s Pharmacy column by Terry & Joe Graedon: “The researchers found no link between saturated-fat consumption and a higher risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular complications.” The research they referenced was a meta-analysis involving 72 studies – you […]
“And Shutterfly expects full-year revenue to be between $903 million to $920 million.” That sentence was in an investment newsletter email. It is another example of an awful grammar error that has become endemic in recent years. Can you spot it? It screams “illiterate.” Is there anything more grating to the ear than between such-and-such […]
You’ve had a sore back for a long time and want ozone injections developed by Nevada physician Frank Shallenberger, disseminator of the Real Cures newsletter, as a natural therapy for back and joint problems. It’s an alternative treatment, so hardly any board-certified physician is aware of it; you discovered it through your own research. Step […]
GMOs are safe? Recently, Will Coggin of the Center for Consumer Freedom disseminated to newspapers an essay saying science shows genetic “improvement” of foods “is perfectly safe.” Coggin’s lobbyist outfit works for publicist Richard Berman, who also is behind similar organizations championing big corporations’ activities to the detriment of the public. Their contention that genetically modified foods […]