New eras don't usually start right away. The Pleistocene Era didn't get going for at least 40,000 years, and the Sixties didn't really start until 1964. But the Obama Era kicked into gear right away. I could barely keep track of Day One. Here's what I remember:

The media was...

The following e-mail showed up in my box. Its author is Ronald, a Canadian Black Goose, and the only indication as to its origin is the line "Sent from my iPhone."

Dear Humans,

Once again, history is written by the victors. I'm referring to the flight that had to be...

First of all, after being in it for more than a year, I still don't know what to call it. Is it a recession, a depression, a correction, a downturn? It's the P. Diddy of financial disasters.

Second, it has no pizzazz. In the Great Depression they lived in Hoovervilles....

Today the world's official timekeepers are adding an extra second to 2008 ("leap second"), to account for the slowing of the Earth's rotation and to give us something to talk about besides the Recession.

Although it is not exactly clear where this second is coming from (possibly from the same...

In 1966 in New York City, WPIX started showing The Yule Log, a film loop of a burning log that never actually burns, creating a tradition that has enthralled both Christmas fans and stoners alike.

Since that time there have been new television Christmas traditions unveiled every...

According to economic experts, the current decline and fall of American civilization is going to "get worse before it gets better." In other words, after our empire ends we may have to wait a while before it comes back. This may not happen overnight, as there are other empires in...

The Pilgrims came to this country so they could practice religious freedom, and also so they could wear big hats made out of black construction paper. They set aside one day for an awkward turkey dinner. Most important, they created Black Friday, the ominous-sounding day after that heralds the beginning...

Much has been made of the amazing coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. Now we have elected another president from Illinois and it's time to look at the...


AMAZING COINCIDENCES BETWEEN GEORGE W. BUSH & BARACK OBAMA

Barack Obama...Wouldn't appear on...

The U.S. is not only the world's sole remaining superpower, but also the only democracy secure enough to hold its presidential elections in elementary school gyms with equipment administered by fat, mean little old ladies who can't see and don't understand t alphabetization when it comes to looking up your...