Every Building Leveled

Those big bad Israelis seem to be demolishing all the structures in Gaza City. The IDF is NOT doing this out of pure viciousness but because each of the places the forces attempt to enter is booby-trapped. 

Revenge for Tech

Vanderbilt stunned the Hokies last season when they visited Nashville. I do not think Vandy will be able to repeat the feat this year in Blacksburg. Virginia Tech looks considerably better (on paper at least). I will be impressed if Vanderbilt is able to duplicate what they did in 2024. 

A Weird Game

Before the competition started in earnest, one of the better Philadelphia defensive players manged to get himself ejected. The contest was interrupted by a long weather delay in the third quarter. I believed and wrote Philadelphia would win, but in the event, they won less convincingly than I expected. A win is a win though, and Dallas remains the Eagles' doormat.

Pro Football Starts

The regular season of the National Football League kicks off tonight. My first fearless prediction is that the Eagles will smash the Cowboys in game one. My second call for the entire season is that my hometown Tennessee Titans will earn themselves another number one draft pick by being the doormat of the League. I am not rooting for either of those outcomes. I am just a realist. 

President's Failing Health?

Gee whiz, Trump makes himself scarce a couple of days and media gadflies and never-Trumpers speculate he is not long for the Presidency and maybe not for this world. Many of these same folks never brought up that Biden was obviously fading mentally and physically for his four years in office, and some even outrageously claimed shortly before Biden withdrew from his reelection campaign that this was "the best Joe Biden ever".  A President recently was flagging alright but not the one currently in the White House. 

A Giant Flop

I watched Bill Belichick's dreadful college head coaching debut, what I could endure of it, and have reached the conclusion that maybe his unparalleled success in the professional ranks really was all Tom Brady. The Carolina boys looked like they couldn't beat the Sisters of the Poor last night, which was disappointing after all the "greatest coach" hype. 

Lost Labor's Love

In the age of sweatshops and Samuel Gompers, there was a compelling need for unions. They are an anachronism today in America, as laws have now long been on the books protecting the rights of the worker and preventing abuses. Was organized labor necessary? Yes, but that was a century ago. I wonder if the robots replacing the workers will ever call a strike?