Jan 12, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Everyone should be dismayed by the weekend shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Dismayed but not overly shocked. Afterall, we just concluded an election cycle where the angry, the alienated, and the unstable shouted, threatened, quoted patriotic statesmen and...
Jan 5, 2011 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Let’s clean out the useless trivia drawer to start the new year fresh. All are offered with unverified veracity but sometimes accompanied by comments. •The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone....
Dec 22, 2010 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener A law was passed requiring everyone to pay a tax in this home town. That was the law decreed over 2,000 years ago by an occupying government authority. So without government involvement, prophecy would not have been fulfilled and Jesus may not have...
Dec 15, 2010 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener Undoubtedly a number of Times readers will spend some time over the holidays attending cinemas viewing new release films. Maybe a bit of film history may make your movie viewing a more intense if not educational experience. It all started in 1887 when...
Dec 1, 2010 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener With the holiday shopping season officially underway and retailers hoping shoppers are in a mood to buy, why don’t we look at money. Not just look at and long for money, but some of the history and little known facts about currency over the...
Nov 24, 2010 | Curt Comments
by Curt Kovener The Times has received an early weather report from our in-house weather prognosticators. Turkeys will thaw this evening, then warm in the oven tomorrow to a noontime high near 190° F. The kitchen will turn hot and humid, and if you bother the cook, be...
