Sports

It's a cold rainy day in Texas after several rounds of thunderstorms this week that largely spared us as they strengthened and hit the South and Midwest hard.  We got a lot of rain and loud thunder, but the main thing we got is the cold.  It's approaching the upper 30s in North Texas on Sunday morning.  Just in time for the Rangers bats to heat up.  In the old days we usually had to wait until the June regression and the warmth of summer to get the bats going.  Tonight possibly signaled a sustainable breakout in a series clinching game…

As part of an effort to deliver content and keep my writing wits sharp, I'm going to post a daily series of Quick Takes. Some may carry more weight and be more serious than others.  Let's sift through the week's loose items while we steel ourselves for the week ahead. The political fallout from Signal has metastasized into "gate" status with everyone calling it Signalgate.  This is amusing to me because for half a century we've been told "it's not the crime, it's the coverup" when there has been no coverup whatsoever.  Let's break down a few facts to help us…