With 95% of the off season beauty shows completed and only pro days left. There are only a few players left with a chance to answer the scouting questions and/or leave them scrambling for tape for those players completely over looked. There is always pro days to make one noticed or save ones draft stock. But I am not going there, yet

Free Agency so far

Retained: RB Travaris Cadet, DT Nick Fairley.
Added: WR Ted Ginn...

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Memorial Day is remembrance of all of the U.S. dead from traumatic and transformative wars like World War II and Vietnam; obscure wars like the Sumatran pirate expeditions; past wars like Gulf War I and recently...

With the tragic school shooting in Connecticut on Friday, the hot-button issue is gun control or the lack thereof, but it's an issue I could care less about. In fact, this is the last time I'm going to use the word "gun" or mention firearms in this blog.

Also, I am not pointing to a lack of moral or compassionate populace in America. There are many, many thoughtful and compassionate people in America of all ages and all demographics. We live with them, work with them, worship...

No, this is not a commentary on Erica Jong or 50 Shades of Grey. Brace yourselves: this is a commentary on the fiscal cliff. Such a surprise, right?

Anyway...I'll get to the point. Jump.

Take a running start and spread eagle into the "unknown." Our fiscal finances need to be drastically restructured (compared to now) and the only way to do it is to rip the bandaid off. So let's do it. Here's why:

#1 We have $16 Trillion in current...

Bad Policy, Bad Judgment, Bad Outcome

This entry is not about the crimes of one man and the moral failings of his associates. Justice has been served to them. The perpetrator has been tried, convicted and imprisoned, potentially for the rest of his life. His associates justice will be served shortly through the criminal system, if not in the afterlife. A completely new organization now leads Penn State, with no ties whatsoever to the past, and processes in place to rectify and...