President Joe Biden may walk like the Tin Man of "The Wizard of Oz", but lately he has been on a bit of a roll. That ten-hour train ride from Poland to the embattled Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, was a master stroke. Then, unfortunately, he got off the train and began to walk, such as it was, down Kyiv's red carpet. That same man wants to run for re-election in 2024.
Look, I loved my father. But, if he had said to me, at the age of 82, that he was thinking about running for President, I would have flat out said to him, "I'm not voting for you." I wouldn't vote for any 82-year-old to run for anything unless 82-year-olds were all that were left.
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J.K. Rowlings. She is the British author, who hit the mother lode with her creation of the Harry Potter Chronicles.
Recently, she offered up her feelings regarding transgender identity: "If you were born a man," she said, "then, you are not a woman." One of her fans responded: "Your legacy would have been one of the most beloved in history had you not said that." J.K.'s response: "Legacy? How pompous is that? I don't care about legacy."
What a woman. She prefers being genuine to being loved by people who prefer she be a phony.
J.K. did it again. She hit the mother lode.
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With all the hand-wringing in the National Basketball Association over load-managing - the proclivity of star players to sit out regular season games - a glimpse of a Major League Baseball player from the 50s and 60s might help give some perspective:
Ernie Banks, Hall of Fame shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, after playing a nine-inning game in the early afternoon would often declare, "Let's play two."
Love of the game. That's what the NBA needs most from its stars. Simply, love of the game.
