Sarah Palin is the hired gun for John McCain. Seems like she'll go anywhere to be the "attack dog" as they say in politics. Some of the things that she says are pretty startling. The rest are just ridiculous.

She was quoted the other day in the New York Times...

When one of those morning "news" shows recently featured a story about people using the internet to get medical information on the same day that the New York Times dealt with that subject, I knew that this medical surfing had become an epidemic.

I've never used the internet to...

Someone in my family who shall remain anonymous to protect her identity--and our marriage--owns an iPhone. And she loves it. My limited research tells me that everyone who owns an iPhone, a Blackberry, or any other "smart phone" loves their phone. How can you love a phone? To me, it's...

We love things that are free. We don't even care if we want or need the things we get for free. If it's free, we want it. We are a nation and possibly a society who loves bargains. We go to those discount stores and come back with a vat...

I was in a bookstore the other day, and you know what? It's getting harder and harder--especially in a big chain bookstore--to find a book. I mean a real book. Literature. Or and least something that you can't read while you're also watching TV. The reason you can't find the...

Que Sarah, Sarah, Whatever she'll be, she'll be.

At the beginning of the Republican convention week, a poll revealed that 41% of Americans surveyed said they weren't familiar with Sarah Palin. That means that 57% of those surveyed weren't telling the truth.

Now we all know that Sarah Palin, the...

I want to discuss two developments in the world of sports. One probably makes sense, but I don't like it. The other is ridiculous, and maybe a little ugly. Major League Baseball has decided to try out video replay to help umpires make certain decisions, and the women's golf has...

Numbers have been very important in the Olympic Games. The number 8 is the luckiest number in the Chinese lore, so it was considered fortuitous to start the Olympics at exactly eight minutes after eight on 8/08/08. 16, 11, and 14 have been important, too. Some of the members of...

Candidates have been calling their opponents names throughout history. Here in America, they've been called, "a hell raiser," "a tax raiser," ""an abolitionist," "a pro-slaver," "a hawk," "a dove," "a communist," "a fascist," "an intellectual," or "an idiot." But lately, there is one charge that is capable of doing in...

President Bush is outraged by Russia's invasion of Georgia. And to protect Georgia's citizens, he has called for a curfew in Atlanta.

In addition to writing television shows and columns, Lloyd Garver has read many books, some of them in hardcover. He can be reached at lloydgarver@gmail.com. Check out...