While most of us applaud the end of the third and final Presidential debate, I have been mulling over Candy Crowley’s efforts in the second debate to, as she put it during an October 17 interview with Soledad O’Brien, “move (the Benghazi portion of the debate) along.” She continued, “there is no question that the [Obama] administration is quite vulnerable on this topic. That they did take weeks to go — well actually there really wasn’t a protest and actually…..
Ten days ago, my wife, Lisa; my guide dog, Heath; and I were in our bedroom listening to the St. Louis Cardinals-Atlanta Braves wild-card baseball game on our XM radio. Late in the game, an Atlanta Braves player hit a popup that dropped between two fielders. Yet the batter was called out because of the infield fly rule.
“It was the right call,” the St. Louis Cardinal announcers assured us, “because the shortstop was prepared to catch the ball but…..
These days, football rules our house. My oldest stepson is a backup offensive lineman on the high school football team, and his younger brother plans to join the marching band next year. Then there are the complex tailgate preparations for each University of Missouri home football game, not to mention watching every minute of every game either in the stands or on TV. Then there’s the incessant discussions on how well the Tigers played and whether or not they will…..