Russell Rhodes Blog

According to TMZ, Madame Tussauds has a wax head made of Kanye West—but not Joe Biden.

I’m watching a lot of the Olympics. More than usual. Maybe it’s a distraction from all the crappy news going on in the world. Watching these young athletes just thrills…

Following the Opening Ceremony (or is it Ceremonies?) for the Olympic Games on Friday, I spent the weekend watching the Games. (Games. I’m so old school.) Here’s the thing I’m…

Over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday, we were in France. I blogged then, “Can they pull this off?” Of course, I was speaking about the Olympics. To quote the…

It’s Sunday morning. I’m sitting in my favorite chair. Drinking coffee and doing one of my rituals… reading the Sunday New York Times. My two frenchies, Josephine and Tootie are…

I don’t recall so much being made of an eclipse. Yes, it’s a total solar eclipse and in some places the moon will totally block out the sun for a…

That’s what Kansas City Chief’s quarterback Patrick Mahomes wrote on X after the shooting at the team’s victory parade. It’s happened again. Another celebration marred by gun violence. The New…

The question was pretty simple. “Elmo is just checking in. How’s everybody doing?” Our beloved Sesame Street character posed the question on X. The responses were probably not what Elmo…

I’m sitting in my house watching CBS News Sunday Morning. I knew this week’s show was dedicated to the late, great host of the show, Charles Osgood. I wasn’t prepared…

There’s a very depressing piece in the New York Times about the upcoming Iowa caucuses. It’s titled: “On the Ballot in Iowa: Fear. Anxiety. Hopelessness.” Iowa is the first test…

It’s been a trip. Certainly not the one we planned on. Christmas was perfect. Beautiful. No place more beautiful than Paris at Christmas. I saw the decorations coming down at…