Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film's lavish Cannes party.
Relationships are hard. Once the "newness" or "honeymoon" period wears off, you have to find ways to fall in love. We know this from studies and watching reality television. So watch out!
The reason the IRS scandal has gotten more attention from the American people than the scandals surrounding Benghazi or the Associated Press is twofold:
1. It hits at the heart of the operation of our country because it deals with tax money.
2. The IRS needs, must, and unequivocally has, to stay a non-partisan extension of our government or else we are nothing more than some third-rate country where absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Very true statements, but what really makes this scandal truly disturbing is that the IRS must act without partisanship. All the three-letter tentacles of our government, (i.e., CIA, FBI, DOJ, EPA, IRS) have to operate ABOVE partisan politics.
The IRS affects about 99 percent of the American populations in one form or another. When a scandal like this bubbles out of the muck and mire of D.C., it doesn't matter whether you're Republican or Democrat, it should make you furious.
If we can't trust the IRS to be above partisanship, why should anyone be for a two-party system?
You've been in not just ONE prison, but a number of them and you're creative or you've got a beef with the way things are run on your cell block. What is an inmate to do?
Well, thanks to the Internet, prison inmates can be like the rest of us regular people who aren't incarcerated! They can get on Yelp, the popular feedback website for many, and rate their prison!
I find it curious that earlier last month, the gun legislation that President Obama desperately wanted failed to pass.
Americans claim to want more restrictions on purchasing fire arms, so you would think that expanded background checks would be welcomed with an overwhelming consensus.
But what Americans are saying to pollsters and what we truly want are mutually exclusive ideas. I think it's the NIMBY (Not In MY Back Yard) effect.
Sure, we all want to stop mass shootings, but when it comes to actually passing legislation to curb our ability to purchase firearms, we cannot pull the trigger on Obama's bill.
Not in a club, not in a hotel, not even in a museum or casino. No, be careful in this town when you get into a CAB! Especially when you're going back to airport after your hedonistic adventure in this town!
Can you tell I'm not a fan of visiting this place?
With the recent Boston Marathon Bombing, the gory, grisly details of those who were killed or injured, I wonder how this will affect the upcoming trial of man who recorded a family member dressed as a "terrorist," walking around a Phoenix neighborhood with a fake grenade launcher to "test" police.
People do stupid things, but this is ironically bad timing if this guy is expecting leniency after what this country went through this past week.
What is it about the month of April that seems to bring out the worst in deranged human beings.
Read this timeline and see if you can figure out the correlation between some very evil, wretched people and the acts they perpetrated on innocent people.
I wish there was an answer so maybe the month of April will be remembered as a time for new beginnings, growth and hope instead of tragedy.
I was talking to a friend Monday night who is a marathon runner.
Although he did not participate in the Boston Marathon this year, it was on his bucket list. Now he's not so sure he wants to keep it.
Monday, as he put it, was "runner's 9/11" because, as he stated a number of times, "nothing will be the same at races."
For years, the Department of Homeland Safety has been warning us of places and gatherings that are defined as "soft targets" and Monday was a cruel and tragic example of exactly what that term means.
But I hope it's not different for runners and sports fans. I will not cancel my Cardinals or Coyotes season tickets. In fact, I was at the Coyotes games Monday night and didn't worry.
But I feel for my friend who said that his passion and the enjoyment he gets from running long distances in organized events will never be the same.
If you or your child has ever applied for college, you know the crushing frustration of receiving that rejection letter that usually says something to the effect of: "Dear Applicant: You're good, you're just NOT good enough for our esteemed university."
Well, one applicant wrote another letter, an open letter about being rejected from your exemplary, lauded school/college/university. And it's awesome.
