The patent for the accordian was awarded to Anthony Fass on this day in 1856.  We wondered if James Brown had been born into a family of Polka fans,  would he be the godfather of polka and just what would that sound like?

Some pretty impressive female jocks at the Olympics have some people guessing.

My Book on the 'Left Turn' issue.

Darren Coogan turned 4o today...So this is what I got him.

Neil Macrea speaks about the death of Luc Bourdan