Remembering

It was 1968 and I was a sophomore in high school.  On the day after the election, I got sick and stayed home to hear the final results that didn't come in until mid-morning.   And Nixon was the one, or something, who made my parents…

Hey there, people born with women’s parts: yesterday was International Women’s Day. Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world…

Presidential spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre is being deservedly pilloried by Conservative pundits for her stumbling, bumbling, patently disingenuous (all of which qualities she exhibits perhaps in emulation of her boss) remarks on the…

by Ambassador Callista L. Gingrich, Gingrich 360   This past week, we lost an American icon – Suzanne Somers. As Ambassador to the Holy See in 2019, I had the honor of traveling with a U.S. delegation, including Suzanne and her…

(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)   Russell Westbrook of the Los Angeles Clippers was a friend and great admirer of the rapper Nipsey Hustle, who would have been 38 years old on August 15. Unfortunately, Hustle’s life was cut…

The phrase "the end of an era" is often used without much thought in current times, but it truly applies to the passing of Tony Bennett.  Bennett was the last of the great crooners in the tradition of greats such as Frank Sinatra and…

It is a tragedy that still shocks fans today.  Ten years ago, on July 13, 2013, Glee's breakout star Cory Monteith was found unresponsive at the Fairmont Pacific Hotel in Vancouver. His cause of death was later revealed to be from mixed…

(Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)   The NBA has always been a league where the star players feel free to move between teams. Most of the best players in the league have changed teams multiple times. One move that changed the course of…

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)   “I’m going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat.” With those words, LeBron James changed NBA history – and made millions of Cleveland Cavaliers fans incredibly upset. Saturday,…

(Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)   When Zion Williamson of the New Orleans Pelicans was selected as the number one draft pick a few years ago, people envisioned a future where he led the NBA and was the most dominant player in…