Now that our local golf season is in full swing, I have been inundated with questions relative to the rules of the game. Some of the questions are most interesting and certainly worthy of reporting and responding in this column.

It’s official — Americans spend more time watching television than sleeping. Or so declares the latest Nielsen survey. According to the company, Americans are “observing” television eight hours and 18 minutes per day on average, the highest amount ever, while most surveys place Americans spending less than seven hours asleep in bed. Do we prefer TV to sleep?

The onset of a new year causes a good many people to stop and reflect on the past year’s happenings and what might be in store for us in the new year. I hope it doesn’t sound cynical, but the portent for more foolishness from the global warming crowd, media and others seems very great.

If a leader misbehaves, just throw a shoe;
It’s the very least a citizen can do.
If the first one should just miss him,
Then the second shoe may kiss him
If the aim is straight and purposeful and true.

Imagine a simple, harmless, non-evasive treatment that can resolve a multitude of emotional and physical symptoms. Hypnosis, or hypnotherapy, is a mind-body technique that has the potential to bring about enduring healing quickly — often in as little as one to three sessions.

A few weeks ago, I criticized the Public Interest Committee for holding off declaring their position on the expansion of the golf club. I said incorrectly that they were going to wait until they heard the club’s presentation at the P&Z meeting.

‘Tis the season to be jolly but there is precious little to be jolly about this year. Economic news has become the Grinch who threatens to steal Christmas.
News of an imploding housing market is followed by news of the demise of another Wall Street firm. GM, Ford and Chrysler are near bankruptcy and the government seems ready to sink $15 or $20 or $50 billion in bridge loans to help our stalwart auto industry.

Richard L. Hershatter
Contributing Columnist
hershatter@lbknews.com
With their tails between their legs,
Each CEO lines up and begs
For a bail-out from the governmental pot;
But though times are really tough,
There never seems to be enough,
And a trillion doesn’t sound like such a lot.
Where is the outrage?
Unbridled, unregulated greed on the part of senior corporate managers has led to the ultimate, [...]

The two basic tenets of golf are: one, play the course as you find it and leave it in the same condition when you finish and two, play the ball as it lies.

On the sixth hole of the final match of the 1923 PGA Championship at Pelham Country Club in Westchester County, Walter Hagen protested when Gene Sarazen moved leaves where his ball rested on the fairway. Later, after both players had reached the green, an upset Sarazen missed an easy putt.