Berkeley News

Dec. 7, 2009 In what sports historians are already calling a “cheetah-like assault on a hallowed record previously thought untouchable,” legendary golfer Tiger Woods is mounting the first serious challenge to legendary basketball player Wilt Chamberlain’s all-time scoring...

NOTE: The Punditty Project began making NFL picks against the spread beginning with Week 11. The goal is to finish the regular season with an accuracy rate of 52.4 percent or better. That’s the percentage a gambler in Nevada paying...

Nov. 17, 2009 Most of Punditty’s longtime readers probably won’t be expecting this one, but I have to weigh in and say I’m siding with Her Rogueness when it comes to the Newsweek cover photo. Here’s what former Alaska Gov....

Nov. 26, 2009 Thanksgiving Day For the first time in the 10 months since taking office, U.S. President Barack Obama has dipped below the 50 percent approval mark as calculated by the high-traffic and much-respected Web site Real Clear Politics....

Oct. 11, 2009 Somewhere along the way in the strange political drama that was the 2008 presidential campaign, Ole Punditty managed to get himself on the mailing list of the eventual winner, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. Less than one...

Nov. 22, 2009 “I look forward to an America which will not be afraid of grace and beauty.” - President John F. Kennedy, Oct. 26, 1963 It’s been 46 years since that awful day in Dallas when President John F....

Never take a beautiful sunset for granted. (Photo taken Nov. 11, 2009, from the Berkeley Marina, looking toward the Golden Gate Bridge.) The Punditty Project is sponsored by WIDsheets.com . WID Sheets: W rite I t D own and stay...

When it comes to sports, baseball is Punditty’s first love. There’s always a bit of a letdown when the World Series is over, especially when the Yankees win . However, the National Football League is there to soften the blow...

Nov. 29, 2009 Thumbing through old magazines can be great fun, especially when one runs across an ad that screams "time capsule material" at first sight. This Vitalis ad from a 1973 Playboy certainly fits the bill, at least for...

Back in the days when Apple Jacks still sponsored Captain Kangaroo , young Zane E. Punditty developed a fondness for apple-cinnamon flavoring. It wasn't until he took a nutrition class a few years back that he realized the real things...