About the NCAA football championship, the favorites to win before the final 4 was decided: College Football National Championship Odds Indiana: +260. Georgia: +320. Miami: +460. Oregon: +500. Texas Tech: +750. Alabama: +1300. Ole Miss: +1400.  Well Georgia, Texas Tech and Alabama are gone,  Today: Indiana Hoosiers 13-0 <<+128>> Oregon Ducks 12-1 <<+328>> Miami Hurricanes 11-2 <<+330>> Mississippi Rebels 12-1 <<+570>> Next: Semifinals (Jan. 8-9) Thursday, Jan. 8 No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Miami (Florida)  | Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, AZ) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN Friday, Jan. 9 No. 1 Indiana vs. No. 5 Oregon   | Peach Bowl (Atlanta) | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN  College Football Playoff National Championship Game Monday, Jan. 19 Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN, WatchESPN About NCAA basketball, the top three are Arizona, Michigan and Iowa State. Also undefeated are Vanderbilt at ...

I've been collecting whiskeys for more than a third of a century.  Began when I took trips throughout the World from the 1980's.  I must still have a dozen bottles still in the original cardboard box, mostly from Japan.  Below are some of them.  One is in a wooden box, Royal Lochnager.  A  36-year old bottle of this scotch is today sold for $4774 . Another is Korean Bulhui folk liquor.  Not sure what it is.  It could well cost only $10, but don't know. Another is almost as mysterious.  Rokubee in a ceramic bootle made by Nikka , which costs $430/bottle. Something more traditional, Royal Salute 21-years old blended whiskey, produced by Chivas, and costs $235. I'd swear I bought this Nikka Yoichi 20-year old for around $100, if not less.  Cost today?   $3765!! Some think that it was the 15-year old that broke the ice in 2001.  Not true, but it did garner  2009 and 2020 Gold Medals .  Costs more than $1000.  Bu...

Yes, it's Sunday, but I can't think of anything particularly spiritual to share.  So here are some topical items, to end with what is the best whisky in the world: While I wonder why nothing much seems to be happening, for some it is a pleasure to track  criminal and civil cases against Donald Trump : 1. E. Jean Carroll Defamation and Federal Tort Claims Act Litigation 2. Summer Zervos Defamation Suit 3. Mary Trump Fraud Litigation 4. Panama Hotel Fraud and Tax Litigation 5. Doe v. The Trump Corporation Class Action 6. DC Civil Suit over Misuse of 2017 Inauguration Funds 7. Bennie Thompson Incitement Suit for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack 8. Eric Swalwell Incitement Suit for Jan. 6 Riots 9. Capitol Police Suit for Jan. 6 Riots 10. NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund Voting Rights Case for Post-Election Actions 11. New York Attorney General’s Civil and Criminal Investigations 12. Criminal Investigations into Trump’s Finances 13. DC AG Incitement Criminal Investigation 14. Fulton County, Georgia...