Kronstantinople

Sinuses may have benefits, but I'd rather live without them. Aren't they rather poorly designed? Someone messed up.     (11/29...

   (7/23/14) In 2011, the University of Utah Medical Center was named best in the nation by the morally dubious, cabalistic University...

I don't have a photo of Punky, but this looks very much as she did in 1968 -- sweet and beautiful. Dear Punky Fortune:     I hav...

     Call me a pathologically cynical party poop, but I am very dubious about the University of Utah’s charming invitation for all of us to ...

Safety concerns are obscured by a fragrant cloud of vapor     (Feb 27, 2014) Volunteers are being recruited through CraigsList and a Br...

This High Court Justice isn't blind -- he sees very well.     (Jan 27, 2014) For nearly four decades, my old New York friend h...

     (May 13, 2013) We were gratified last autumn that as a result of our reporting  ( http://kronstantinople.blogspot.com/p/edward-jones...

    As if being a ravishing spokesmodel weren’t enough to quench the thirst of Jon Huntsman  Jr.’s ego, he has suddenly decided to name an e...

    Usually, in politics, when the term "portfolio" is used, it refers to the office and functions of an administration official. ...

    (6/27/14) When I recently read an article on the Mayo Clinic web site, I saw a declaration I've never noticed before: "Mayo...

How my first college newspaper article opened the door to a world of "rampant drug use, orgiastic sex and unchecked egotism." E...

  .       Now that President Obama has finally decided to stop deporting young people brought here illegally by their parents, we need to...

    ,,,,,,,Happy Father's Day to You."     You have a beautiful smile, Mr. Obama. You have a beautiful family. That's abou...

The soon-to-be officially declared candidate for president is in Hog heaven.     The most telling memory I have of Jon Huntsman Jr....

'Pure' Dove couldn't resist offering a chemical version of sakura blossoms.     (May 2014) More than 18 months ago, we publ...

Neanderthal Girl: She's so fine, oh yeah. Gotta make her mine, oh yeah.      (March 20, 2014) I always wanted to be a "colore...

   “Where are your things?” the building superintendent asked. Erik Sakslad was a retired seaman from Estonia -- big,  pink-cheeked and...

Not really dead -- mortally wounded.     There has been an onslaught of recent news that is relevant to several of my major posts (bas...

If you're looking for end-of-year charitable deductions, consider our approach. We chose to give  scholarships directly to students, ra...

Wesley Gordon Bowen, 1924 ~ 2003     Wes Bowen roared up to the entrance of Olympus High School in a spanking-clean van that had a...

          In America, our sacred cow is our "courageous, noble, selfless young men and women in uniform."  We have been ...

          Home, they say, is where the heart is.     But my heart resides, instead, with the homeless.     It’s been 35 ...

"Massimo" means the utmost, the ultimate -- and he was.     Massimo Costanzo, my beloved Joe's father, was a man of majes...

          Joe's mother died in her sleep Thursday night after an extended period of ill health.      I met Rita Costanzo and h...

    Hey Girl: You’re getting a very great honor tonight at the Billboard extravaganza. The Millennium Award -- that is so cool!    You rea...

Somebody's mother.    (5/20/13)  It is not unreasonable to regard American history as an ongoing series of battles for equality, ...

    For 18 months, I  served as the Inmate Advocate at the notorious House of Detention for Men on Rikers Island in New York. If I were s...

The latest from Copenhagen. So scary, it'll curl your hair. No thank you!     (5/17/2014) The mad scientists of the world seem obse...

It took me by surprise.      (May 2014)  I am coming to realize that I am in the midst of a Magic Moment: A tipping point between yout...

    Sergiu Luca was shocked and irritated that I had never heard of him. He was a fiery, forceful man who obviously expected to b...

CAFFEINE, NICOTINE & CINNAMON, PLUS 3 VITAMINS -- JUST DO IT!      ( 3/14/14) Vitamins and spices have a demonstrably greater i...

"Summon the limousine forthwith, Reginald."     According to the Chronicle of Higher Education' s annual report on univer...

Jackie and Brendan were our heroes that day.     Last week, the centennial of the spectacular Grand Central Terminal in New York City ...

      (5/10/2014) Maybe I should just lie back and let my readers write my blog. I have been noticing for quite some time that the searc...

An officer and a gentleman - are there any?      U PDATE:  In a new report to be released on Nov. 4, t he Pentagon estimates that 1...

                                                              MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES     Michael Young,  presiden...

  YAY, IT'S MOVING DAY!!     Now that it seems we are going to lose University of Utah President M...

    The lights in Daddy's brain had been extinguished one by one, until at times he seemed to be little more than a potted plant, who ...

A colorful, sometimes slightly grotesque, new cultural phenomenon.     (April 17, 2014) I dove into the delicious waters of the e-ciga...

         The quiet, rather bland young student at a  New York chiropractic school's free evening clinic did some half-hearted m...

         As we requested, Media One of Utah has changed its obituary policy, taking down the pay wall on all obituaries, permanently. There ...

         It seems to me that they aren't privates anymore: They are publics! Until I began writing this blog a few weeks ago, I ...

         In 1729, Jonathan Swift penned a satirical essay entitled "A Modest Proposal," which advocated that poor people d...

Nursing Homes Can Legally Deprive Your Loved Ones of Mail          It is against federal law to interfere with delivery of the mai...

         I guess it is fitting that my brief immersion in the world of death-metal music began on a dark and stormy morning, complete wit...

continued from yesterday's post     What stands out most in my mind is that I was always starving -- and on the vibrant, poignant st...