While the Oscar is perfect, those who will win this award tomorrow evening and many of the stars attending the gala apparently feel they need some touching-up.
At what price will some pay for the touch-up, oh, about $7,000.

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Protective power: Statins can be good for the heart
Two interesting medical developments came across my desk this week, one indicating that those taking statins to lower cholesterol might have a bonus effect — lowering the risk of atrial fibrillation.
The second development was you might pick up a urinary tract infection from your pet.

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A few columns ago we discussed an instructional manual for American servicemen in Britain in 1942, the column’s headline was “Over Here, Over Paid and Over Sexed”, describing the Brits impression of American GI’s. 
But the manual for the GI’s discussed the American’s impressions of the Brits and suggesting how the GI’s should behave in their country. [...]

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Cheating is probably as old as the world’s oldest profession.
And, a lot of cheating goes on there, mostly by the patrons.
We learn cheating at a young age.  Our parents really aren’t much help and at times they might even encourage it.  You know, when they play a game with you as a child and let [...]

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The white sandy beaches of the island of St. John (USVI) grace this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue along with a bevy of models all of whom stayed at the posh resort of Caneel Bay.

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Shame on the Grey Lady. . . again!
The New York Times has obviously gone tabloid making the National Enquirer looking like it is to the right of Cardinal Richelieu.
It’s all about the front page story today about John McCain that the Times’ suggests — but does not prove or outright say — that McCain had a [...]

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I think we Americans underestamate the might of our military.
We hear a lot of nonsense from the left about our military.  Oh, they mouth the support of our troops and knock our intellengence operations, and play their politics with our defense, which by all standards around the world is the best.  There have been no attacks [...]

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Over here, over paid, and over sexed is how the Brits described the American GI’s during World War II.
A friend of mine of the ‘Greatest Generation’, Art Nicholas, who spent some time in the UK during World War II as the equivalent of what today is a Navy Seal and participated in operations for the Normandy invasion clandestinely at Slapton Sands in England, called [...]

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The horns were honking in Little Havana this morning as news spread that Cuban President Fidel Castro had officially resigned power after 49 years of running Communist Cuba just 90 miles off the shores of the United States.

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A series of fainting spells have now occurred on at least five occasions at Obama rallies and the skeptical are questioning whether they are real or orchestrated.

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