Columns

Celeb Sightings: Goldie Hawn, her sister and a group of friends were spotted dining at Petros, Metlox Center, MB. Word is she acts just like she does on TV and in the movies, all bubbles, giggles and smiles and she looks exactly the same.

by Bob Pinzler
It never ceases to amaze how difficult it is for people with religious fervor to set aside the intensity of their belief when entering the public realm.

by Harry MunnsTwo weeks ago, Abby Sunderland, who turned 16 last October, sailed away from the dock at the Del Rey Yacht Club in a bid to become the youngest person to sail around the world non-stop and unassisted.
I can’t figure out whether I feel like she’s exercising her youthful need to make a mark [...]

It wasn’t the first time I’d raised a glass (or plastic cup) in a toast. It was the first time I’d toasted with a hard hat on my head and water in my glass that had been in someone’s toilet just a few days ago. Fortunately, I couldn’t really tell the difference between it and the tap water I used to swallow my vitamins an hour earlier.

by Roger Repohl
Poor Haiti. It almost makes you think the country has been cursed by God, or by some voodoo spirit, or by the ghost of Papa Doc. The first modern Black nation, independent of colonial rule in 1804, Haiti was born in hope but for most of its history has been battered both by the elements of nature and by human avarice.