1. It’s Tuesday, April 12, 2016.

2. Today is a big days for history buffs. It’s the 155th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. It’s the 71st anniversary of the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. It’s the 55th anniversary of the launching of the first man into space by the Soviet Union.

3. Anyone amused by Hillary Clinton’s travails with a New York City MetroCard has never used a New York City MetroCard.

I’ve stood at the freakin’ turnstile waving that damn thing through three and four times, each time getting the “PLEASE SWIPE AGAIN AT THIS TURNSTILE.” It triggers the fear – not unfounded – that you are on the verge of losing $2.50 off whatever balance is on that card if you don’t stand there and keep swiping until the damn thing lets you through.

I don’t think Clinton worries about the $2.50. I think it’s just the frustration that you’ve invested time and money into this stupid piece of plastic, and it’s not goddamn working.

You can mock her for giving six-figure speeches on Wall Street. You can mock her for the way she tends to step on applause lines when she gives a speech. But when you get on her for struggling with a MetroCard, you have no idea what you’re talking about.

4. It’s stupid for Donald Trump to complain about the Colorado delegate process, just as it would be stupid for Ted Cruz to complain about the Florida delegate process. Everybody knows the rules before going into these things, and if even they seem unfair and unrepresentative, they’re what’s in place.

Cruz’s advantage over Trump is his organization. Deal with it.

5. What is it like to be on the wrong side of history?

I’ve been thinking about that a lot since watching the first part of Ken Burns’ terrific documentary on Jackie Robinson. This is one of the better Burns’ effort, filled with the trademark sweeping shots of old photos and some good interview subjects.

And, of course, as a baseball fan and former Brooklynite, the subject matter interests me a lot.

But what I’ve thought about since last night is not Robinson, whose courage and conviction make him an American hero. 

Instead, I’ve been thinking about the people who tried to obstruct Robinson on his Herculean task of integrating what was then the national pastime.

There are names that have emerged, both in this documentary and other tellings of the Robinson saga. We’re about two years removed from “42,” a noble film about Robinson’s debut with the Dodgers, and there were clear bad guys in that, too. Ben Chapman, the Philadelphia Phillies manager. Kirby Higbe, a Dodger pitcher who signed a petition saying he wouldn’t play with Robinson – and was traded. Dixie Walker, a Dodger star who also signed the petition but wasn’t traded and begrudgingly came to appreciate Robinson’s contribution to his bigger paycheck.

What I’m struck by is how fate or history or God or whatever intervened with these guys. Their bigotry was not a whole lot different than that of millions of other Americans. But because these guys played baseball, and were in a certain place at a certain time, they’ve become villains, as much a symbol of rottenness as slaveowners and rural Southern sheriffs.

At least guys such as Chapman don’t have to listen to the opprobrium anymore. They’re dead. But they had families, and every time there’s a tribute or presentation about Jackie Robinson, they get to be reminded about what Grandpa did to be the bad guy in this tale of good and evil.

They can’t walk into New York’s Citi Field without seeing Robinson memorialized in the ballpark’s rotunda. There’s a parkway named for Robinson. No one on any team can wear the number 42.

You can’t say that about Grandpa. In fact, Grandpa’s the obstacle, the treachery that made Robinson a hero.

It must be hard. I can’t say I’m sympathetic, because in a fair world Jackie Robinson should never had to go through what he did.

But I go back to the original question. What is it like to be on the wrong side of history? I imagine it’s painful, if someone you loved screwed up badly, or makes you angry, if one of your ancestors was so much of a jerk that he hurt you more than he would have had no one even known him.

Or perhaps you’re like Grandpa or Great-Grandpa. You don’t think integrating the major leagues was such a great idea. Why did baseball need Henry Aaron or Willie Mays or Ken Griffey Jr. or Andrew McCutcheon?

Fortunately, at this moment, I can’t answer that. I don’t know if something I believe will be thought to be bigoted in the late 21st century. I hope my children and, as of now, unborn grandchildren and great-grandchildren won’t be able to answer that, either.

6. One other thought: All this should be a precaution to anyone who takes a strident stand on a social issue. 

Those who believe in God would say that only God can judge. But that’s not completely right. Yes, there might be a divine judgment. But there is one of history, whether or not you believe in God. And it will follow you beyond to your grave, as long as there is someone related to you in the world.

Be careful.

1. It’s Thursday, April 7, 2016.

2. Hey, AP, I have an idea. Why don’t we lower case the a in America? It’s been around for awhile. I’m sure any kid who uses it in a text message lower cases it, so it’s pretty standard. It’s a generic concept, because there’s no specific country called America.

Yeah, I think it’s a stupid idea to lower case the i in Internet. But the AP – I’m sorry, is it the ap? – has deemed the capitalization unnecessary for both Internet and Web, as in World Wide Web – again, is it world wide web?

Giving in to people who can’t be bothered distinguishing proper names is dumb.

3. While we’re criticizing trends in journalism, here’s something that made me fume:

The Pulitzer Prices will mark their centennial this month, and there are some suggestions aimed at making them more contemporary.

I get the idea of allowing broadcast outlets to submit their Website stories. I get the idea of allowing non-U.S. publishers compete for awards. I get the idea of expanding the awards to include new forms of media.

I do not, in any way, get the idea of letting readers decide.

This concept of letting people who read web sites or newspapers decide what’s news and what’s not has gone way too far. Newsrooms are writing stories purely based on what they see trending in social media. Managers who support this idea say it’s simply good business at a time when the industry is hurting.

When I went to see my eye doctor last week, she told me she can’t stand to read or watch the news because nothing she sees in it seems important. And I told her to thank her neighbors. That’s what they’ve indicated they want to see in the paper or on TV. So that’s what they get.

As a result, we feel as though everyone is being slashed on the street, or that everyone is bound to be afflicted with some disease, or that every politician is a crook. By focusing on the news they think people want, instead of focusing on, say, what is actually news, this constant pandering feeds itself.

So I’ll sound like an old fogey. Journalists should just do what they’re trained to do. Report what’s important. If it’s uninteresting, make it interesting. If you can’t, report it anyway – because important trumps interesting for a journalist.

The idea that people who aren’t journalists understand what makes good journalism is abdicating your job and your experience. And it’s wrong.

Civillians already have a vote – it’s called their money. Let’s be the ones to tell them what professionals think is the best.

4. Congratulations to Connecticut for winning its fourth straight NCAA women’s basketball title and its 75th straight game.

I was rooting for Syracuse Tuesday night in the title game. My wife went there, so that’s why there’s the affinity.

But I knew a Syracuse victory would have been more miraculous than when the U.S. hockey team beat the Soviets at Lake Placid 36 years ago.

There are some who believe the Huskies’ dominance – they’ve been the force to be reckoned with for more than 20 years – is bad for women’s basketball. Why watch when you know who’s going to win?

But that’s garbage.

The UConn women’s dominance is comparable to that of the NBA players competing for the U.S. in the Olympics. It compares to when UCLA was riding high in the John Wooden era.

And all of these are good for the game. They speak to the integrity of it – these are the best, and to win at that level you have to beat the best. There is no doubt that the UConn women are a special team – they deserve the accolades they receive.

In sports, such overwhelming success is fleeting. The players either graduate or their eligibility runs out. New players come in, but are they at the same level?

Eventually, someone will knock off the UConn women. It will be great for them and the game. Until then, the bar for greatness is now pretty high – as it should be.

1. It’s Wednesday, April 6, 2016.

2. Way to go, Thor!

3. As is always the case, I derive a certain pleasure from typing the words “Donald Trump lost.”

Unfortunately, after yesterday’s Wisconsin primary, I also have to type the words “Ted Cruz won.”

And frankly, folks, I have a hard time distinguishing which of those statements is worse.

Cruz is a smarmy, right-wing ass. He’s a Trump who has slightly more control over his egomania. His election is unthinkable and, as with Trump, would lead to serious economic and social crises in this country.

If Trump wins New York, and he’s expected to, does he regain the momentum toward a first-ballot nomination at the Republican convention in Cleveland?

I think if we’ve learned anything since last August, it’s not to go for all the head fakes of this campaign. New York, Pennsylvania, California and New Jersey have yet to weigh in. Those are some big states – even if they’re blue in general elections. Just let it play out.

5. On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders is on a roll. But we sort of knew he would be. After Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the Arizona primary two weeks ago, Sanders won five state caucuses in the West.

That gave him a little momentum going into Wisconsin, which he won big last night. The Clinton campaign can’t minimize the scope of Sanders’ win in a state that Democrats have a good chance of carrying in the general election.

But as with the Republicans, the battleground shifts to big states in the East and California. There are more minority voters, who have so far been Clinton’s strength. There are fewer open primaries, which have helped Sanders in states such as New Hampshire and Wisconsin.

So Clinton has hit a rough patch. But she’s still on track to be the Democratic nominee. If Sanders pulls off the upset in New York, it might change the psychological picture – even if the math favors Clinton.

As with the GOP, Yogi Berra’s immortal words still ring true: It ain’t over ’til it’s over.

6. I’ve been supporting Clinton in this election, but I have always liked Sanders. The difference between them, to me, is borne out in the controversial New York Daily News interview with Sanders.

Here’s the transcript:  http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/transcript-bernie-sanders-meets-news-editorial-board-article-1.2588306

Please read it. There are too many instances in this interview in which Sanders answers a question by saying variations of “I don’t know.” Does the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill give anyone the authority to break up big banks? Where would an ISIS commander captured by U.S. military forces end up?

I can’t imagine the question that baffles Hillary Clinton. I’ve seen her answer questions about parts of the world most Americans don’t even know exist. And she has an almost equally good grasp of issues in the United States.

I want the smartest President possible, as well as one who cares about what happens to everyone in this country. Right now, that would be Hillary Clinton.

7. The Obama administration is down to its last 9-1/2 months. It’s acting anything but lame.

Yesterday’s thwarting of Pfizer’s attempt to avoid paying U.S. taxes through a “takeover” by Allergan is a great example. The two companies agreed to end the deal after the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service announced new rules that make such so-called “inversions” less tax friendly.

If the merger had proceeded, Pfizer would still have all the trappings of a U.S. company with offices in midtown Manhattan. It would generate most of its income from selling its products at CVS and Walgreens and through whatever prescription plan your healthcare provider uses.

But it would pay a whole lot less of the taxes that it pays now. And that means you would have gotten stuck with more of the bills for making this country run.

You don’t hear Republicans say much about this. I’m sure they and the drugmakers who help fund them are ticked off. But I’d like to see how they would sell opposition to this to an electorate angered by what it perceives as the shafting of working Americans.

1. It’s Monday, April 4, 2016.

2. It’s snowing! Damn!

3.In election years, I like to hold what I call the Highway Primary. It’s a simple counting of bumper stickers to see which presidential candidate is generating the most support among drivers.

Over the weekend, I took a short road trip to one of my favorite places, Mystic, Conn. It’s about 130 miles away up Interstate 95.

And even though the whole trip was in deep blue country, the Highway Primary should mitigate some of that because of all the travelers from other parts hitting the Interstates to go somewhere.

But of all the cars and trucks I saw in two days on the road, only three had bumper stickers – I didn’t count the truck that had FEEL THE BERN cleaned off an otherwise filthy back door.

And all three stickers were supporting Sanders. None for anyone else. No pick-ups with “Make America Great Again.” No H logos.

In the past, by this point, the Obama stickers would be in double digits. In both runs. And there would have been a few Romney stickers and the occasional McCain – in 2008 – or Ron Paul.

This is completely unscientific. But it is a curiosity. How does a campaign that generates so much attention manage to have little of that reflected in the people who decide? Are people turned off, or are they just not interested yet?

Perhaps it’s true that people don’t really focus on a presidential election until after Labor Day. Or even after the World Series – although nowadays that wouldn’t give you a lot of time.

1. It’s Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

2. Why is anyone surprised that Donald Trump now says he might not support the Republican presidential nominee if it’s not Donald Trump?

And it’s not only because Donald Trump has no real concept of loyalty beyond Donald Trump.

I can’t stand the man and, like John Oliver suggested a few weeks back, I’m waiting for time travelers from the future to come back to 2015 and stop the Trump movement before it starts.

But as the Republican Party apparatchik have made abundantly clear, they don’t want this guy to be their presidential candidate. And they are feverishly looking for a way to stop him.

Now, in recent weeks, Trump’s done a pretty good job of shooting himself in the foot. More on that later. But he remains the front-runner, and just about 500 delegates shy of a first-ballot nomination in Cleveland.

If he gets there and he’s close, how can you stop him? The only way you can do it is to gang up on him with everyone else.

And then he’s supposed to support these people? I don’t understand the logic. A bunch of guys mug you in a dark Ontario Street alley and you’re supposed to say, oh yes, everybody support them.

Keep in mind that Trump is not the only one who has backed off the pledge of supporting the party’s nominee. In the same CNN town hall, Ted Cruz and John Kasich did the same thing.

Is this a mess, a three-way divorce? You betcha, as potential third-party candidate Sarah Palin might say.

3. A couple of weeks back, I speculated that Trump might not have originally wanted to be President. Why would he take a job that requires him to answer to 320-million-plus Americans, many of whom don’t even live in a Trump apartment?

Since he solidified his hold on front-runner status in the Republican race, there are some signs that maybe I wasn’t too far off.

That foreign policy interview in The New York Times. I don’t have a lot of respect for Trump. But he does have a college degree – from a pretty good school. So he should have at least an idea how clueless he came off. Actually, anyone with the ability to read should have an idea about how clueless he came off.

Then there’s his reaction yesterday to the arrest of his campaign manager on charges that he assaulted a female reporter.

If Trump really wanted to be President, the campaign manager would have been canned, pronto. Instead, he defended the guy and made crazy statements about the woman who was allegedly assaulted. “Wouldn’t you think she would have yelled out a scream if she had bruises on her arm,” he said.

I just wonder if he’s getting a little tired of this game he’s been playing. He wanted to see how far he could go.

Now he knows. Time to go back to his Florida crib and work on his tan. Let the Republicans take care of themselves.

1. It’s Tuesday, March 29, 2016.

2. My grandfather was born 121 years ago today in San Ferdinando di Puglia, Italy. I would give a lot to hear him rant about Donald Trump and the Republicans. I believe the word cetriolo would come up quite a bit.

3. Instead of “Make America Great Again,” should Trump’s slogan be “Make Someone Else Pay”?

That’s the takeaway from his answers to foreign policy questions asked by The New York Times. The Mexicans will pay for the wall. The Saudis and other Middle East nations will pay for our protection or we won’t buy their oil. Japan and South Korea need to pay for their own defense. The Europeans need to pay more for NATO. 

All of which highlights the problem with our bankruptcy laws. They discourage responsibility. Trump figures he made money off of them when he was floundering. Maybe there’s some way he can make a few bucks for the USA by stiffing people who have been our allies for generations.

4. We’ve been waiting for the time when Trump would get at least a modicum of scrutiny. The Republicans sure as hell didn’t provide any when they began their nominating process last summer. Now that it’s spring and the GOP has discovered who their front-runner, it’s panic-stricken.

And yet, of course, it’s not the Republicans providing the scrutiny on issues that matter. It’s those lefties at The Times. The Republicans are barking up the “don’t you insult my wife” routine that sounds like it’s from some bad comedy.

Will any of this matter to the Trumpettes, the livestock that actually vote for this maroon? I’m not sure. I don’t live in that world, even though it’s down my block.

5. President Obama is embarrassed by Trump’s success up until now. He echoed comments Secretary of State John Kerry made when he said world leaders are concerned about what they’re seeing in the American political campaign. 

The President also blasted journalists for not holding candidates accountable in this campaign, a remark The Times interpreted as aimed not just at Trump but also, in his own party, Bernie Sanders. “When people put their faith into someone who can’t possibly deliver his or her own promises, that only breeds more cynicism,” Obama told journalists at an award ceremony.

The problem here is simple. Trump is good for business. The news chiefs at the various networks, including my alma mater CNN, have all been quoted about how this campaign has been a windfall. Ad revenue has soared.

Which is why anything Trump says, no matter how ridiculous, gets live, breathless coverage.

Now, however, we’re getting closer to an actual decision, and the thought has to cross people’s minds – is this what kind of campaign we want?

We’re going to find out.

1. It’s Monday, March 28, 2016.

2. Hope all Easter celebrants had a wonderful day.

3. Saturday was a great day for Bernie Sanders. He swept Hillary Clinton in the Alaska, Hawaii and Washington caucuses.

Notice that the word is caucuses. Not primaries. Other than Iowa, Sanders has wiped up the caucus states, and he didn’t do all that badly in Iowa either.

So before Sanders, who clearly has an affinity with birds, crows about his weekend triumph – a word of caution. 

Sanders does well in caucus states because his core support is young and enthusiastic. A caucus is something to do. Hang out with friends and back Bernie. And that’s great. And while some of the caucuses are in states Democrats won’t win in November, Hawaii and Washington are important to Team Blue.

But other than his home state of Vermont and neighboring New Hampshire, Clinton has dominated states with primaries. That five-for-five Tuesday earlier this month — all primaries. Sanders did well in Illinois and Missouri, but Clinton still won.

Primaries are for people who only have enough time to vote quickly before they go about the other things they have to do. They’re for older people, for sure, and they outnumber the youngsters, especially at the polls.

4. So Clinton has more delegates. She also has more votes. Quite a few more. It’s nowhere near as close as it was eight years ago with her and Barack Obama.

Sanders and his people will have more of a case if April is a good month for him. Wisconsin, New York, Pennsylvania and Eastern Seaboard states from Rhode Island to Maryland. If he can win any of these, he’ll have legitimate reason to be excited. If she takes ‘em all, it’s over.

It’s probably over anyway. But the race is still worth watching and running.

It’s March 25, 2016.

It’s Good Friday and the Easter weekend. A happy holiday to all who celebrate.

It’s also time for Friday Yes or No, my cop out way of getting one of these blog posts done. Except that, for some reason, it’s really to come up with at least 10 questions for which the answers can only be yes or no.

But here goes:

Q1: Normally speaking, should the spouses of presidential candidates be fair game during a campaign?

A1: No

Q2: This time around, there is an exception, right?

A2: Yes

Q3: And, for once a justified exception involving her, that would be Hillary Clinton’s spouse?

A3: Yes

Q4: And that would be because his past work experience includes the same job she’s seeking, and she has referenced his job tenure as part of her party’s record of success?

A4: Yes

Q4A: Although the scrutiny applies only to his work experience, right?

A4A: Yes

Q5: Would the same apply if he was just Bill Rodham, investment banker, model, ad executive or college president, the jobs of the other presidential candidate spouses?

A5: No

Q6: So that’s five questions down already, right?

A6: Yes

Q7: Does the word “idiot” adequately describe the governors of Indiana and North Carolina?

A7: No

Q8: Does it seem consistent that the Republican governor of North Carolina doesn’t want government interference in people’s lives, but is ready to monitor who goes to what bathroom?

A8: No

Q9: Does it seem consistent that the Republican governor of Indiana doesn’t want government interference in people’s lives, but is ready to force women in his state to bear children with Down syndrome?

A9: No

Q10: Will Americans be cheered by the fact that the No. 2 ISIS operative is headed for the hell he deserves?

A10: No

Q11: Is that because his miserable existence isn’t worth any one of the 30-plus people the jackals he inspired killed in the Brussels attack this week?

A11: Yes

Q12: And yet, it’s a really good thing that this pond scum died, right?

A12: Yes

Q13: Is it a good thing that the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York is getting replaced?

A13: Yes

Q14: Is it going to be worth the wait to 2026, when it might be finished?

A14: No

1. It’s Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

2. Reacting to the Brussels bombings, Ted Cruz called for the nation’s police departments to “patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods” in an effort to ward off similar attacks in the United States.

That puts Cruz and ISIS on the same team. They both want American Muslims isolated and alienated.

You can understand why ISIS – a collective of sick minds that tries to cloak itself in respectability by appropriating Islam – would feel that way. Like the vampires they are, ISIS’ members want fresh blood for their nihilistic view.

I can’t for the life of me think why any sane American, concerned with the threat of terrorism, wants to create breeding grounds for ISIS.

But then you have Cruz, supposedly more respectable than Donald Trump (just ask Jeb Bush), but at least as big a horse’s ass.

Muslims serve proudly and bravely in our military and our nation’s police forces. Their hard work in businesses across America pays the taxes that pay this dope’s salary as a U.S. senator. Their contributions to our society dwarf anything Cruz has done for anyone but himself.

Turning our law enforcement into a special Gestapo for Muslims is an insult, an affront to anyone with a sense of decency. It is exactly what Cruz and his ilk call “radical Islamists” want us to do in order to give a foothold in the United States.

It’s probably a little hyperbolic to say Ted Cruz is colluding with ISIS for mutual gain. But after a stupid statement like the one he made yesterday, it’s the end result.

3. Hillary Clinton won big in Arizona. Bernie Sanders won bigger in Utah and Idaho. The end result was that Sanders got five more delegates than Clinton in yesterday’s primary and caucuses.

That’s not going to change the basic picture in the Democratic race. And even when, as expected, Sanders sweeps Saturday’s contests in Washington State, Hawaii and Alaska, he still has way too far to go to catch Clinton.

Again, that should not stop Sanders. He’s doing the American people and the Democratic Party a service by raising issues that affect them every day. There are still primaries in some major states – New York, Pennsylvania and California, among others. Those folks have a right to be heard.

In the end, Clinton is likely to be the nominee. She’ll be a better one for having faced Sanders and embraced some of the ideas that he and his supporters have advanced.

4. One of those issues is income inequality and the fact that there are people who are working a full-time job and are still in poverty.

The people in California get a chance to do something about that. A ballot initiative this fall would raise the minimum wage statewide to $15 an hour, more than twice the current federal level of $7.25.  New York’s legislature will have also something to say on this issue, voting in the next few weeks on the $15-an-hour wage advocated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and many labor groups. 

They’re getting a boost from a University of California study showing that, should New York implement the increase, it will improve living standards without costing jobs. That’s because a higher minimum wage reduces worker turnover and increases productivity, making it a net neutral for employers.

By contrast, Idaho’s legislature has approved legislation barring municipalities in the state from raising the minimum wage, the way certain cities have done elsewhere in the nation. The state’s governor let the measure become law without signing it, partly because even if he had objected, the bill passed with veto-proof margins. 

Of course, that’s Idaho, which doesn’t have as many as people as Queens alone. And, with mindsets like that of its lawmakers, for good reason.

2. Even if it was an exhibition game, I hate when the Yankees beat the Mets. Hopefully, we’ll do better when the games count in August.

1. It’s Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

2. Once again, scum surfaces briefly – this time in Brussels – to snuff out meaningful lives in the process of ending its own miserable one.

Once again, people who should be enjoying the arrival of spring are fearing people in their midst. The ones who don’t look like them, which is an awful lot of the human race.

There is no confirmation as to who launched these horrific attacks.

But I know one thing about them. Once again, the cockroaches of the human race have made their presence felt before dying off in their ignominious way. What they’ve done has nothing to do with religion or even politics, even though that might be how they’ll shroud themselves.

They believe in death, because their lives are so goddamn miserable. And, sadly, they’ve taken people who believe in life with them.

3. Here’s a couple of things you can bet on.

You can bet on the Republican presidential candidates to say that the Brussels attack shows how weak President Obama is, especially because he refuses to say that they’re Islamist terrorists.

You can bet on them to say that this proves that the best way to protect America is to ban – temporarily or otherwise – all Muslim immigration.

Maybe Trump won’t say, again, that Islam hates us. But maybe he will. Maybe he thinks the climate created by today’s attacks will make his lemmings and would-be lemmings more receptive to that message.

4. If you read the amazing interview with President Obama in The Atlantic, you’ll have an idea about how he reacts to attacks like the one in Brussels. While he understands Americans’ need to feel secure, he thinks panic is a stupid way to respond – and that’s what he saw in the response to Paris and San Bernardino.

It’s hard not to get mad and scared when you see something like what happened today in Brussels. But your being mad and scared is the aspiration of the people who do these things. Because they can’t make an impact on your life otherwise. They’re losers. They represent nothing but loserdom.

That’s not being naïve. It’s just that we have to trust that authorities are doing everything they can to keep us safe. And then we just go about our business. Otherwise, we’re just going to crawl in a hole. Just like the cockroaches who did what they did in Brussels, so we can join them in their misery.

5. I’m sorry this is so angry. In some ways, that gives in to the terrorists, too. 

I’ve never been to Brussels. Or Istanbul, which got hit over the weekend. Or Ankara, which got hit earlier. Or Jerusalem, which get hit all the time. Or San Bernardino, although I drove through once.

I’ve been to Paris. I’ve been to London. And, of course, I was in New York on Sept. 11, 2001.

There are things about all those places that are wonderful, because otherwise, why would people live there? That they’re all now associated with blood and murder on a mass scale is sad, but not as sad as the hole left in so many hearts by a wanton act.

My heart goes to all who’ve lost loved ones and friends, and the other citizens of Brussels who now must soldier on and live their lives seeing how much hate hurts.

5. Please God No Moore is no longer running a women’s tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif. This after his ridiculous comments that women are glomming off the men’s game and should go down on their knees every night in thankfulness for Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

The outcry against this jerk was swift and strong.

Now he can go home and get on his knees every night and pray to God for forgiveness – if She’s willing to give it.