Bob McCarty Writes

In today’s episode of Uncle Jay Explains the News, Uncle Jay apologizes for not being able to record a show last week due to his need to attend Michael Jackson’s memorial service at The Staples Center in Los Angeles.  In addition, he tackles such subjects as continued unrest in Iran, the surprise resignation of Alaska [...]

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A rather odd question came to mind after I began investigating the role of hand sanitizer in combating bacteria, germs and viruses amidst media-stoked fears that a 1918-like flu outbreak could surface this fall:  “Does your baby have an alcohol problem?” Why?  Because, when applied per instructions, the ethyl alcohol contained in the vast majority [...]

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As a working physician, Dr. Randy Tobler strongly opposes President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans (a.k.a., “Obamacare”).  As host of The Randy Tobler Show, a radio talk show that airs Saturday mornings on 97.1 FM Talk in St. Louis, he gets the opportunity to share those feelings.  As a member of the voting public, he [...]

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United breaks guitars.  That’s the message Dave Carroll shares in the video below more than a year after United Airlines baggage handlers at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport allegedly severely damaged the musician’s $3,500 Taylor guitar.  Only after Carroll received no satisfaction from the airline did he record the song and produce the video that should [...]

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Today, Doug Ross shares what is perhaps the best one-two punch I’ve seen in quite a while.  Perfectly complementing the change-defining photo at right is the paragraph below that he pulled from David Kahane’s article, I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin, published yesterday at National Review Online: “In other words, stop thinking of the Democratic [...]

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Though I haven’t paid much attention to the media circus that has followed the death of Michael Jackson, I couldn’t avoid being exposed to the treatment the story received on the front page of magazines near the checkout at my local supermarket this afternoon. The photo above offers a glimpse of how four magazines — [...]

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Three months ago, I met Trine Bøhnsdalen on a bumpy twin-prop commuter flight from Grand Junction, Colo., to Denver. During the 55-minute flight, we became quick friends as I learned the 24-year-old student from Oslo, Norway, was working toward a professional photography degree at Colorado Mountain College in Glenwood Springs, Colo. With my background in [...]

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