http://www.jamaica-times.com/ The latest news from the www.jamaica-times.com website! Newsys Template Engine Kings Hwy/kings Courier/news/columnists http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 newsys-127989440 http://www.jamaica-times.com/articles/2010/09/07/kings_hwy/kings_courier/news/columnists/courier-yn_kings_courier-all_stan_2010_09_09.txt Ever since my youth in the middle of the last century I’ve been a fan of New York baseball teams. I have a lot of respect for a man who has the talent to hit a 90 mile an hour fastball into the outfield stands 400 feet away. I have fond memories of being there witnessing my heroes Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Roy Campanella and others — many, many others — who gave us that reason to stand and cheer. Last year, on Feb. 9, 2009, Alex Rodriguez broke the hearts of many of the youngsters who adore him. That’s the day he admitted to using performance enhancing drugs, not for one week, not for one month, but from 2001 to spring training of 2003. Last month A-Rod hit homer No. 600, another milestone in a super-sensational career. Congratulations. If not in the record books, at least in my mind and in the thoughts of many, the supremacy of baseball should be placing an asterisk next to the slugger’s records. Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:09:40 -0400 newsys-138823930 http://www.jamaica-times.com/articles/2010/09/07/kings_hwy/kings_courier/news/columnists/courier-yn_kings_courier-all_notfornuthin_2010_09_09.txt Don’t stalk me, mom,” says the joy of my life. Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:14:38 -0400 newsys-129827463 http://www.jamaica-times.com/articles/2010/09/07/kings_hwy/kings_courier/news/columnists/courier-yn_kings_courier-all_britview_2010_09_02.txt September 6 is Labor Day, and a time to honor those “who from rude nature have delved and carved all the grandeur we behold.” Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:09:40 -0400 newsys-135797924 http://www.jamaica-times.com/articles/2010/09/07/kings_hwy/kings_courier/news/columnists/courier-yn_kings_courier-all_stan_2010_9_16.txt It’s 4 am, the house is really quiet. You are now wide awake and cannot fall back to sleep. What do you do to pass the time away? Many of us read a book with the hopes that it will make our eyes tired. Others slip out quietly to the kitchen for some ibbergerblibberness … leftovers to you. Me? I fire up the computer, answer my e-mail, and then examine out-of-town newspapers. I like to see what the stories of both the left wing and the few remaining right wing newspapers have to say and how they are translated into editorials. Last night I was glued to a story under the following long headline —“Obama Now Blames Poor Job Numbers on Congressional Inaction. Wait! His Party Runs Congress.” Tue, 7 Sep 2010 16:14:38 -0400