Category: Overrated

Ned Bitters This week’s inductee into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” is … pride in your homeland. That’s right, Pedro, I’m talking to you. Stop waving that silly Hondur-Salva-Puerto flag. And I’m talking to you, too, Finis O’McSeannigan. Cover up that shamrock tattoo, dump out that Guinness, and …

Ned Bitters This week’s inductee into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” is … platitudes for the bereaved. I went to a memorial service last week for a six-year-old Down’s Syndrome boy who died of Leukemia. I’ve never witnessed such grief in person. For 90 minutes, the parents greeted …

Ned Bitters This week’s inductee into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” is … local pride. An F-4 tornado takes out two Oklahoma towns. (You’d think by now that Tornado Alley, when it comes to home construction, might finally consider the brick.) A category four hurricane obliterates a few …

Ned Bitters This week’s inductee into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” is … the buffet. No, not the Jimmy Buffet, although an equally strong case could be made for that industrial-strength pop star who has made millions rewriting the same two songs for the past 30+ years. I’m …

Ned Bitters This week’s inductee into the “Overrated Hall of Fame” is … Dan Rooney. As a lifelong Steelers fan now living in the DC area, I get to spend a lot of time gloating about my team’s superior ownership (and subsequent success), especially since billionaire brat Daniel …