Columns 2014

Good riddance to a horrible year

It’s hard to write a humorous, satiric or even vaguely amusing column about the year that was just tossed into history’s garbage bin. 2013 truly was a time when many of us felt the need to shower multiple times a day – after listening to the news, after watching what passes for music and dancing on TV, after hearing an explanation from a politician about anything.  All these things made me want to scrub myself with steel wool to get the stench off.

Recently, one of TV’s highest rated shows was a rerun of two I Love Lucy episodes that

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