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“Lancing Lance”

January 18th, 2013   •   no comments   

There’s not a lot to say about Lance Armstrong and the mess in which he now finds himself that isn’t already being written and screamed about on every media channel. Pundits and talking heads have been having a field day with this since Lance first announced he was finally going to admit to doping while cycling, and with the TV interview with Oprah Winfrey airing tonight, the noise will continue to go on indefinitely. Thursday morning, another key, devastating blow fell when the IOC announced it was stripping Lance of the Olympic Medal he won in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. [ Read More ]

“The Highest Office Deserves our Ultimate Respect”

October 26th, 2012   •   no comments   

Dear Readers, Due to the horrific, unconscionable statements, implications and outright lies made by a number of GOP figures in the past few weeks and days, I feel compelled to reprint my column from its first run in the National Edition of Examiner.com in April 2011. The Inner Bottom Line ® A Column on Personal Choices & Ethical Dilemmas by Olive Gallagher Growing up in the 50s and 60s, I was aware of a number of unwritten rules. Rules like, no matter how angry you were or how badly you’d been treated, there was a place and time to express [ Read More ]

REVIEW: “BOSS” A Cautionary Tale of What Happens When The Inner Bottom Line is Murdered

October 13th, 2012   •   no comments   

If you want to see what happens to the souls, choices and lives of people who ignore, dishonor and disrespect their better instincts and completely over-ride The Inner Bottom Line, tune into “Boss” on Starz with Kelsey Grammer.  It’s a chilling, dark tale of greed, power, and deeply unhappy people that is brilliant conceived and incredibly well written, produced and acted.