(This article appeared in the June 21st issue of America Magazine. I apologize for not obtaining reprint clearance beforehand but, this story was too good to ignore.) <Begin Article>: On a playing field in Indianapolis a few weeks ago, Vince Lombardi’s slogan, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” would have been clearly out of [...]

By now, you are probably aware of the “Perfect Game That Wasn’t” (if you are at all interested in baseball). It is heartbreaking to see Armando Galarraga deprived of a much-deserved place in the record book for such an amazing accomplishment; I hope that he has a long, illustrious hall-of-fame worthy career to offset this [...]

Congratulations to the winners of the Westchester Optimist Essay Contest. The topic of this year’s contest was to write an essay about someone in your life who embodies the characteristics of a true Optimist (as spelled out in the Optimist Creed) and why. West Miami Middle School hosted the event and approximately 800 W.M.M.S. students [...]

(NOTE: The opinions expressed herein are those of the author only and are not to be construed as the opinion or policy statement of the Optimist Club of Westchester). A week ago Friday, Tiger Woods stood in front of the nation (the world?) and gave a teary eyed, heartfelt, apology to anyone who could listen [...]

Ireland was recently eliminated from World Cup 2010 competition because they gave France “a hand”. See attached video…

I recently read in the ‘on-line’ version of the National Review a three-part essay on the topic of morality and conscience. Although the essay is quite lengthy (by internet standards), I think it is very good and well worth the time involved to read it. I highly recommend it. It is also timely given that [...]