Archive By Author - Glenn Tucker
A brawl for it all
The National Council on Presidential Debates is considering adding a mud-wrestling component to the final meeting between President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney, says Council president Ric Flair.
The wooden box
There's this prison, you see, but there's something different about it. People who visit don't come away with visions of iron bars and murderers and breakouts and hardened men desperate to find a way out.
We’re not really getting smarter
Research tells us Americans are getting smarter as time goes by.
Time to take a ‘joyology’ test
You might not be finding much to laugh about these days.
Remembering the American spirit on the moon
It was half a century ago this month that President John F. Kennedy set a goal for the United States to put a man on the moon and return him safely to earth by the end of the decade.
Get ready for the Geezer Olympics!
Let's be Olympic champions, you and me.
The Wide Awake Early Club
A new e-book says the early morning hours -- we're talking about getting up early, not staying awake till the wee hours -- are best for getting things accomplished.
What we think about the French
Even the French don't want to live in France anymore.
The "other" Olympic games
If you've been watching the Olympic soccer competition, chances are good that you're now in a catatonic state -- drooling on your shirt, immobilized by boredom and trying desperately to suck down enough cans of Red Bull and 5-Hour Energy to keep your peepers open.
Smells like dead whale
Have you ever smelled a dead whale? You don't really want to. On the Maine island where Wife Nancy and I spend time, a research organization called Allied Whale hauled the carcass of a small -- everything is relative, of course -- humpback whale into the bay. They anchored it there, and it immediately became a tourist attraction. So many ...
Truth and bravery make an airport's name
I was walking through a gigantic American airport last week when I happened upon a plaque which stirred a memory of two stories from long ago. A bit of research on the Internet -- gosh, it's easy to find out things these days -- turned up the information below.
Not an easy ride at school
A recent study released by a Washington think tank says school is too easy for most kids in the United States, failing to challenge them and leaving them bored.
Some recent observations
You can observe a lot just by watching, Yogi Berra once said, and I've been doing some observing lately.
No more partying until dawn
"Early to bed and early to rise," said Benjamin Franklin, "makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."
Articles By Author - Glenn Tucker
Life and death with the eagles
Last year about this time, I talked with you about how technology is bringing the magic of nature -- specifically, the majesty of American's symbol, the bald eagle – into our living rooms.
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