Today is one of my favorite days of the entire year.  Major League Baseball’s All Star game is tonight. There are many fans who don’t watch the All Star Game.  Many fans prefer the made-for-TV thrill of the home run derby over the actual game itself.  To me, this is quite simply blasphemy. Growing up [...]

Toddler sexual abuse Over the weekend,  there was a breaking news story about a 3 year old girl.  The girl had fallen, and was rushed to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead as a result of the fall.  This would be sad enough, but authorities then took a 14 year old relative into custody [...]

To celebrate July 4th, and to just get away for a day, my girlfriend and I made the popular Winnipeg-Grand Forks drive for some shopping and to experience some American culture on Independence Day.  I was a little surprised at how deserted the main streets were.  The parking lots had as many cars with Manitoba [...]

We’re pleased to announce the addition of Jonna Wibelius to the staff of The Soap Boxers.  Jonna will write a monthly column that shares her thoughts of a US or world event from the perspective of an internation observer.  Jonna does not profess to be an expert on world affairs, and this is one of [...]

With the slotting of the weekly columns on Wednesday, Wednesday Wisps are probably going to be few and far between. Until the schedule is completely shaken out, Saturday Stew will take its place. Just like Wednesday Wisps, there will be a bunch of small ideas in the stew. Baseball Hermsen Twins prospect B.J. Hermsen grew [...]

(Some of you already have sneak preview copies of the eBook … sorry, no new content for you today.  Read a few more stories in the book, if you haven’t finished.) Note – this is a partial story – regular visitors will be able to access the full story – instructions at the bottom. Key [...]

In the wake of the Madoff and Stanford scams, “Ponzi Scheme” is a term that gets thrown around a lot.  A Ponzi Scheme is a fraud in which one set of investors is paid off with money collected from the next set of investors.  In other words, I take $10 from Amos on Monday.  I take [...]

 As this is my first article for this wonderful site I will keep the writing general in order to introduce my point of view to all of our readers and open discussion.  Future articles will focus on specific events in the news.  First off, my views are not a commentary on any of the religions [...]

In addition to the changes announced last weekend, we’ve added a couple more writers to the staff. James Bathgate will be writing a monthly column on technology. Gabe Tyndal will be writing a monthly column on science and nature. We’re still looking to round out the staff. We’re looking for these roles: A weekly entertainment [...]

As covered last week by yours truly, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Championship lived up to all the hype.  Joey Chestnut became a three time champ downing a new world record 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes.  Amazing. Tiger Woods outdueled the field and won for the third time this year.  Hunter Mahan threw an [...]