Today is Easter Sunday, the holiest day in Christianity, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his crucifixion.  What is the truth about this day?  According to Google AI: The Resurrection Theory:   The traditional view that Jesus physically rose from the dead, which accounts for the empty tomb, the sightings, and the disciples' sudden courage. The Hallucination Theory:   Suggests the disciples were so grief-stricken that they experienced "grief hallucinations." Critics of this theory point out that group hallucinations are psychologically rare and wouldn't explain an empty tomb. The Swoon Theory:   Proposes that Jesus didn't actually die but merely fainted on the cross and revived in the tomb. This is generally rejected by medical experts who note that Roman executioners were professional killers who ensured death. The Displacement/Theft Theory:   Suggests the body was moved or stolen. However, there is no historical record of the a...

Yesterday was a big sports watching day on TV, with the Gonzaga win over UCLA the most exciting.  The Pac-10 did well this year.  For the first time in my memory, not one team East of the Mississippi River made the Final Four.  To solidify the return of the West, the two women's team in the championship game are Stanford and Arizona.  And, oh, in my ESPN Tournament Challenge I did predict Gonzaga against Baylor for the men's championship, which comes on tomorrow night: I also watched a lot of Major League Baseball, and the star no doubt was Yermin Mercedes, a rookie for the Chicago White Sox, who started his career with eight straight hits.  No one in the modern era, which means from 1900, has ever done that.  So impressed me that I picked him up on all four of my fantasy teams.  You can see him on ESPN after the women's NCAA basketball championship today.  About Mercedes, he is already 28 and has done nothing much in minor league baseball for th...