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Twenty years ago, I saw a cartoon in the newspaper that depicted a father scolding his son who he caught studying a mathematics text book.  The caption read:  “Put down that text book, go outside and practice your jump shot”.  The point of the cartoon, of course, was a tongue-in-cheek reference to the [...]

Let me say this about that.
In order to write a successful blog, one must be fearless.  Readable blog content cannot be diluted with political correctness, swayed by personal bias, nor shrink from controversy.  In my LMSTAT blog, I have taken on some of the most powerful people and institutions in the world including the U.S. federal government, [...]

Let me say this about that.
It seems to me that there is nothing more un-American than something or someone that is given credit for excellence that is not based on actual performance.  It’s unjust.  It’s inequitable.  It’s prejudicial.  It’s malodorous.  It’s abhorrent.  And, it just pisses me off.Â
Back last June, I wrote an article about [...]

Let me say this about that.
In 2001, the Writer’s Guild of America went on strike against network television.  The strike lasted only for 22 days, but it forever changed TV entertainment.  The writer’s union mistakenly believed that the drivel their membership pumped into D-list sitcoms was actually entertaining.  It wasn’t.  And during the strike, the “Reality Show” was [...]

Let me say this about that.
Wanna have some fun and stir up a little excitement in the bargain?  Stroll into any Afghanistan mosque during evening prayers and loudly proclaim “Osama Bin Laden slept with Jerry Falwell !!”  There will be a fatwa slapped on your hairy butt quicker than you can say “Death To The Infidels !!”.
Wait, wait [...]