Monthly Archives: February 2012

What annoying trait do New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon and GOP contender Mitt Romney have in common? How about loving to rub their wealth in people’s faces, then wondering why they are not well liked? After being sued by … Continue reading →

If power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely, what does sudden, absolute and powerful celebrity do to one’s psyche? Ask ex-Van Halen lead singer David Lee Roth. Soon after hitting it big, he and his band decreed that brown M&Ms … Continue reading →

Mike (“Nanny State”) Bloomberg, meet your evil twin, Jon (“Fanny State”) Basso. While Mayor Mike decreed that all NYC restaurants ban transfats and list calorie counts, Basso’s Las Vegas restaurant proudly serves meals that are as unhealthy as possible. Named … Continue reading →

On the heels of former MTA chairman Jay Walder bailing out of his contract and taking off for a sweet $2 million dollar a year deal in Hong Kong, MTA board member Nancy Shevell has abruptly resigned her post soon … Continue reading →

Forget Christmas or the Fourth of July. Super Bowl Sunday has become the true American day of celebration, with more gatherings of family and friends, TV watching, chili and beer consumption and money won and lost than any official national … Continue reading →

I once knew a women (let’s call her Alice) who was raped by a cop. This was decades ago, and Alice told me she didn’t expect to find justice in a courtroom because too often the victim was treated as … Continue reading →