A YEAR IN THE REAR (VIEW MIRROR)

Our favorite stories of the past 12 months: Some 20,000-year-old cave paintings found in France held much interest for collectors, anthropologists and historians alike. Most interesting were drawings that depicted French waiters being rude to American tourists. After a show in Washington, D.C. in April, I mentioned to a friend that I was spending more [...]

Merry Christmas everyone! If you live in the northeastern part of the USA, we are having an Anti-Global-Warming festival. Snow! Freezing temperatures! Icicles! It’s so cold in Washington, DC, the Democrats are letting the Republicans filibuster just for the hot air! Congratulations to Kiefer Sutherland, celebrity actor and star of FOX-TV’s “24.” Don’t tell anyone [...]

Hope your Christmas shopping and your holiday parties are going great everyone! The Obama’s are holding a Hanukkah party at The White House this Wednesday. Poor Joe Biden got confused. Apparently he hung a piñata and filled it with candy. Bad news for environmentalists. The coal industry cut a deal with Santa Clause this year, [...]

I know there are more readers this week since the unemployment rate plummeted from 10.2 percent to 10 percent, and all 14 of you who got jobs can afford to get online again! Welcome! Break out the party hats and noisemakers America, the recession is over! Our favorite story of the week comes from the [...]

GM CEO “Fritz Henderson” resigned Tuesday after the board of directors told him the company was not moving quickly enough. In response, Henderson cleaned out his desk, jumped into his new Mercedes Benz and peeled out of the parking lot shouting, “Am I moving quickly enough for you now?” A major issue facing General Motors is passenger [...]

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! For the first time in years my family will not be having traditional turkey at our house. We’ve been invited to spend the day with friends, and this is a good thing. A year ago, the meal had been prepared and was ready to go at the humble Mason home. The table [...]

What a wild week. Did you hear about CNN reporter Emily Chang? She was detained in China by the authorities for wearing a T-Shirt that had been banned by the state government. It showed a picture of Barack Obama dressed as Chairman Mao. Ms. Chang was released after she convinced the Chinese authorities that no [...]

I sent my travel schedule to a psychiatrist today.  Because my schedule is INSANE! Tuesday, November 3: I flew from Philadelphia to Seattle, Washington this morning. (My second trip to Seattle in 2 days) Got off the plane, drove up to Everett, Washington, where I spent an hour in the Gold’s Gym, and then drove out [...]

Hi, everyone. Here is some free advice for all the readers of “The Week-In-Rear-View-Mirror.” For those of you who want to be leaders, here is a quick and easy way to gain a large following: drive on a major highway or freeway. Get in the left-hand lane. Drive EXACTLY the speed limit, not a bit [...]

I was in Northern California last Saturday (thank you everyone in Hanford!). While there I was amazed to learn a story that has haunted me ever since. I had to share it with you. Just outside of Yosemite National Park, anthropologists discovered an enormous statue of “Sasquatch.” The structure was hand-carved entirely out of coal, [...]