Early to bed

Published 5:27 pm Sunday, June 21, 2015

Early to bed

The 6 o’clock news is over — it’s bedtime, young lady: Asked what to do about an 8-year-old girl’s frequent whining and emotional outbursts, parenting adviser John Rosemond recommends putting the girl to bed at 6:30 p.m. for 30 consecutive days (Living With Children, Page B2).

C’mon, dude: Nobody can go to bed that early — unless they’ve been listening to a Garrison Keillor monologue on “A Prairie Home Companion,” that is.

Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1977, former Attorney General John Mitchell began serving a prison sentence for his role in the Watergate scandal (Today in History, Page B4).

It would have been poetic justice had a certain appendage of Mitchell’s been caught in a wringer in the prison laundry.

Cockroach TV: OK, the following is the most depressing sentence The Buzz will write all week: Donald Trump’s long-running “Apprentice” series of reality TV shows might go on forever, says Emily Yahr of The Washington Post (Short Takes, Page B4).

But take heart — The Donald’s presidential campaign can’t last forever, although it will surely feel that way.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff