If I ever turn to a life of crime, I know just the judge I want.His name is Alvin Hellerstein, a bald, jowly, 68-year-old federal district court judge in New York City. A few months ago, he sentenced a man named Edward Bello to 10 months.Not 10 months in jail -- 10 months at home, with no TV.Hey. My parents gave me that, and I was only a minor!Judge Hellerstein figured that without TV, Bello, who had a record of petty crime convictions and was now pleading guilty to conspiracy to use stolen credit cards, would have time to think about the wrong he had done.
SALT LAKE CITY -- The big boys parachute in today, as stealthily as a special ops maneuver. They drop from Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago. They hit the ground running and are whisked to headquarters. They get their uniforms, their instructions, their heavy equipment.They get one practice.Then their games begin.Welcome to the Olympics, NHL players. Nice of you to join us. Of course, we've been going for nearly a week now.The Opening Ceremonies? Beautiful. Too bad you couldn't march in them. Heck, you couldn't even watch them. You were busy playing NHL games.
To his friends and supporters, I am just another dumb critic of Bobby Knight.To his friends and supporters, I am just another sheep who says a coach who chokes a player shouldn't be a coach.To his friends and supporters, I am another rube taken in by a videotape that shows Bobby Knight grabbing former player Neil Reed by the throat. I obviously can't understand the circumstances that would make Knight's actions perfectly acceptable because I am not -- as his friends and supporters will tell you -- a successful college basketball coach like Bobby.
Take your sign down.Pull up the stakes. Throw the whole thing in the trash. We are no longer Bush or Kerry this morning, we are no longer right or left. Our reds and blues need to be united now, by the pure and neutral white that completes the American flag. We have our next president, George W. Bush, and his biggest challenge will be getting this whole country behind him. And our biggest challenge will be allowing that to happen.This is the new question: Will we be led?
He didn't do it.That didn't stop police from interrogating him for 12 hours, screaming questions, denying him a lawyer, holding a gun to his head, telling him he should fess up because otherwise he was going to "get the needle," the death penalty, dead man walking, because, after all, he raped that girl at the Pizza Hut, he murdered that girl, this is how he did it, isn't it? Isn't it? ISN'T IT? If you sign this confession, it'll be easier on you....
Ihear a knock. I open the door. Look who I see come a caroling ...Democrats singing "Here Comes Santa Claus"Here comes W, Here comes W W's on his way See him bouncing, mispronouncing, He's the prez today! Let Dick Cheney run the show Let Colin take the snaps Condi Rice makes everything nice While W takes a nap.Al Gore, "Joy To the World"Wait! Stop the world! Just one more time And let's recount the votes We'll beat inauguration Let's do some calculations There's still some ballots out Some chads lying about I'm sure I can win this thing With one more count.
MILWAUKEE 92, DEROIT 88The whistle blew -- offensive foul! -- and Richard Hamilton, in disgust, tore away his plastic mask. This is not why they call him "Rip." He threw the mask across the floor. Shreek! Another whistle. Technical foul to go with his sixth foul. And then, for good measure, the refs threw him out altogether. He left muttering angry warnings to the Bucks on the floor, who nodded as if to say, "Yeah, yeah, whatever. You're gone. We're still here. And we're gonna win the game."Adding insult to larceny.
He is either an old man in a young man's body or a young man in an old man's face. Appearances are deceiving with Mehmet Okur. He is a rookie, but he looks like he could have four kids and a minivan. He is a strong rebounder, but his body looks like the "before" ad for one of those muscle gyms.
Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.
