http://www.thedailystar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:47:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_315034509.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_315034509.html The most frequent newspaper question I'm asked is why I ever asked Tom Sears to write a column in The Daily Star. Sears, a Hartwick College professor of accounting, regularly infuriates the more-liberal element of our readership with his ardent conservative prose. Sat, 18 Oct 2008 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_292034509.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_292034509.html Don't be surprised if you see the following classified ad in this newspaper on Nov. 5 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:18:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_271034508.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_271034508.html "Hello? Senator?" "Yes, who is this?" "Well, for right now, just call me Mr. Smith. Look, Senator, I need to talk to you about a bailout." Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:37:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_250034503.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_250034503.html It made me sad a week ago when I learned that Walter Kowalski had died at age 81. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:36:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_229034507.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_229034507.html The way it used to be, there were always two people who knew what was best for you. One was your mother. The other was the editor of whatever newspaper you happened to read. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:43:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_208034526.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_208034526.html It's the strangest thing, but the older I get, the more fascinating I find all those advertisements I see for men's hair coloring. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:53:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_187034523.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_187034523.html My cousin Joel had a heart attack three years ago, and it wound up costing him $8. That is not a typo. Eight bucks. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_166034529.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_166034529.html Hello? Who is this? Barack Obama? Hey, like you had to say "Obama." How many Baracks do you think I know? Me? Oh, nothing much, Just sitting here watching the Yankees game when you called. Sat, 24 May 2008 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_145034524.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_145034524.html A psychology professor named J. Philippe Rushton did a study in 2006 in which he came to the conclusion that men, by virtue of having larger brains, are smarter than women. Sat, 03 May 2008 12:58:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_124034530.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_124034530.html "Move to China." That was the whole e-mail, and my favorite of all the many responses to my most-recent column. Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:59:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_103034520.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_103034520.html As president of the National Rifle Association, actor Charlton Heston was fond of stating that the only way gun-control advocates would take away his weapons would be "from my cold, dead hands." Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_082034507.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_082034507.html I was driving my 19-year-old son somewhere the other day when a Neil Diamond song I liked came on the radio. It was an out-of-town oldies station, so there was a little bit of static as Diamond sang "Play Me." It's a nice song, and I didn't mind the static. But my kid wasn't having any of it. Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_061034513.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_061034513.html What's in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet." Pretty snappy stuff, that. Not my own, you understand. What with all of the plagiarism accusations being hurled hither and yon nowadays, a fellow can't be too careful about making sure he's not claiming another fellow's prose. Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:05:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_040034527.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_040034527.html Hey, remember me? I'm the genius who predicted John Edwards would win the Democratic nomination. It says here that the Democratic Party nominee for president will be (kindly pause here for a drum roll) ... John Edwards. Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:06:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_019034507.html http://www.thedailystar.com/samcolumn/local_story_019034507.html In many ways, even after five years I still feel like the new kid on the block. There is still so much to learn and still so many people to meet. But our readers and our community have been nothing but kind to my family and to me. We love it here and I hope ... to keep going until I'm at least 83.