The foremost of many curiosities in the Alex Rodriguez mea culpa Tuesday is his assertion that his cousin made him do it. Let's explore that for a moment, shall we? ...more

February 18, 2009

The big issue isn't whether A-Rod did something many other players did. The continued deception is the problem, writes Joe Henderson. ...more

February 17, 2009

As late as Friday, the New York Yankees were trying to downplay the inevitable Alex Rodriguez question-and-answer session with the media about his use of performance-enhancing drugs. They definitely had no intention of using the large tent that Andy Pettitte used just outside the field last year. The idea was that A-Rod would say basically that he had already 'fessed up to ESPN and that there was no sense in repeating himself. Well, that's all changed. ...more

February 17, 2009

The CA Board Workshop, which took place Feb. 4 was enlightening. ...more

February 11, 2009

If we didn't know better, the extravagant (and alarmingly routine) mea culpa episodes conducted by various nominees to top White House jobs would make us think all those bright bananas mistook Steve Martin for H&R Block. ...more

February 4, 2009

It took a few years, but Tom Cruise has recanted the tongue-lashing he gave Matt Lauer on NBC's "Today" show. ...more

December 15, 2008

NEW YORK - John McCain appeared on CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" Thursday night, telling the host "I screwed up" by canceling an earlier appearance on the show. ...more

October 17, 2008

I have been due to buy new gardening gloves for, oh, at least three months. When are gloves officially worn out? If you guessed, "When they're so filthy, your fingers curl up in horror so you can't put them on," you are wrong. That's pure wimp, gardeners, plain and simple. ...more

September 11, 2008

John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school. ...more

July 17, 2008

The firestorm over U.S. Ginny Brown-Waite's remark calling Puerto Ricans "foreign citizens" grew so hot this week that Brown-Waite finally responded with a statement late Thursday. ...more

February 8, 2008