Glad I'm not a journalist assigned to cover issues I'm passionate about not going as I'd like them to of which I've no control over.

Anwar Sadat was assassinated by Islamic extremists on October 6, 1981, during a military parade in Cairo, Egypt. What is going to happen this Saturday? The government is going to hold a costly military parade in Washington. History tends to repeat.

Made some good tunes.

Guns in America: A liberal gun-owning sociologist offers 5 observations to understand America’s culture of firearms
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Conclave to select new pope, the largest such gathering in the history of the Catholic Church, will begin May 7, Vatican announces.

The smart money is on Cardinal Pietro Parolin to succeed Pope Francis but my vote goes to Cardinal Pietro Pizzaballa!

Pope Francis had a Jesuit mind but a Franciscan heart. He did not change the lyrics of the church but he changed the tune. An innovator but not the core doctrines of the church. Opened what the church says yes to than no to. Opened processes. Most important to say: Please, thank you, and I'm sorry.

Which to watch: King of Kings (1961), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), Jesus of Nazareth (1977), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), or The Passion of the Christ (2004)?

Articles in the mass media lately have included the phrase, "people who are pregnant." Since when can males become pregnant?

Name always brings to mind "Goodbye Blue Sky," a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd, featured as the eighth track on their 1979 rock opera The Wall.

Interesting how practically every action taken - including investing - is based on probability. You roll the dice but expect a certain outcome based on what you think will happen according to experience and information sources you deem credible. Call it a gut feeling or simply intuition.