In every realm of nature there have always been struggles for
the throne of bad-assed-ness.
Whether it’s alpha males competitively vying for female
attention, rivers and mountains struggling for ultimate geologic
supremacy or me haranguing my editors to get profanities included
in my columns, nature’s dictate has always created a power
struggle.

I could never articulate how truly irritating cell phones
are until today when my friend unveiled a monstrosity against
nature: a digitized Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” ring
tone.

America is rapidly abolishing many ethnic and racial limitations
that once pervaded our society. For example, golf, once a sport
enjoyed only by white men, is now dominated by Tiger Woods.

Do you remember in kindergarten those teachers that would try to
motivate their students to succeed by giving out gold stars or
handing out bald-faced bribes of candies, cookies and assorted
treats?

Bin Laden had attacked my city, and as its mayor I had the
strong feeling that I was the most appropriate person to (execute
bin Laden),” wrote former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in his
book.

I’ve come to the realization that the world can be divided
into two categories: good liars and bad liars. Good liars are those
who spin a web of wholly believable untruths, rarely get caught,
and on the outside chance they do, usually use their deception to
quickly extricate themselves from the situation.

Whenever I watch a film, no matter what the negative or positive
qualities of the picture may be, I try to pick up some kind of
message from the movie.