Worth pondering: *Scientists are finding that an adolescent’s brain undergoes a previously unsuspected biological makeover – a massive growth of synaptic connections between brain cells. This surge kick starts a major renovation of the brain that doesn’t conclude until the mid-20s, when the brain, in effect, catches up to the fully matured body. *An immature [...]
Over the past 25 years, Rick Bradshaw, 56, has given more than 100,000 golf lessons. To weekend duffers. To scratch golfers. To PGA pros. To sports celebs such as Rick Pitino. And to countless others who have seen any of the nine instructional videos he’s produced. Among instructors, he’s a national player, an award-winning PGA [...]
In whatever form and whenever completed, a new immigration-reform bill hopefully will reflect more enlightened self interest and pragmatism than pure politics. But even in the polarized pit that is Washington, the odds at least favor a better outcome than the last time this subject was in the cross hairs. That was in 1986, when [...]
Thom Stork, The Florida Aquarium’s entrepreneurial president, is not one to venerate the status quo. He knows he’s in the entertainment business and is always looking for an edge – and a reason for people to make return visits. Hence, new attractions. The latest, if expansion plans-in-the-works materialize, would include new dolphin, sea lion and [...]
Thom Stork, The Florida Aquarium’s entrepreneurial president, is not one to venerate the status quo. He knows he’s in the entertainment business and is always looking for an edge – and a reason for people to make return visits. Hence, new attractions. The latest, if expansion plans-in-the-works materialize, would include new dolphin, sea lion and [...]
Now it’s the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Peter Pace, who has stepped forward in the ever-ratcheting debate over the track record and tenure of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. In honoring his code and defending his boss, Gen. Pace may have been more candid than he intended. “People can question my [...]
It sounded like a script from Comedy Central staples “The Daily Show” or the “Colbert Report.” In an effort to promote understanding about the Muslim faith, the Dalai Lama recently met with Muslim leaders in San Francisco. Some summit outtakes: *Although the Muslim leaders and scholars needed the help of the world’s most influential Buddhist, [...]
The U.S. State Department is considering sending every U.S. passport holder a “World Citizens Guide” in hopes that those for whom the “Ugly American” stereotype fits all too well will finally get it. As in, like it or not, you are an extension of a country that needs serious worldwide image help. Don’t make it [...]
The signs have been more than manifest for more than a year: Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is running for president. Rudy Giuliani, arguably, will never be conservative enough on social issues for primary-voting Republicans. John McCain, by virtue of his upcoming commencement address at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University, has formally relinquished his maverick cache. Senate [...]
The good news is that nearly 53,000 fans saw the Devil Rays’ opening two games of the season against the Baltimore Orioles. The bad news is that less than 13,000 of them were on hand for the second game. Reality set in that fast. The first night sellout was, in large part, a visceral response [...]
