Trailers From Hell! This is a fun little concept in which modern movie directors and writers (Joe Dante, John Landis, Mick Garris, et. al.) comment on the original trailers for some classic cheesy old horror movies.  I loved these schlocky movies when I was a kid so it’s no surpise I’m thinking this is pretty cool. Have […]
The Dow broke 14k for the first time in history today. Larry Kudlow at NRO Online has some thoughts. A snippet: What we are witnessing here, in virtually every corner of the globe, is the success and the spread of unbridled free market capitalism. It is a dynamic worldwide march toward lower tax rates, deregulation, […]
I believe it was C.S. Lewis who first declared Europe, “post-Christian.” For the last 40 years, it has indeed been the most spiritually dark place on earth. But lately there are signs that is changing, just as there are some small but encouraging indications that parts of Europe are realizing the slow cultural suicide they’ve […]
A full 24 hours after the “new” Osama Bin Laden tape was convincingly proven to have been shot in October of 2001, Drudge’s main headline is still shouting: “Bin Laden Appears in New al-Qaida Video”.  On the case are the guys over at Hot Air. Scroll down on this post to see a comparison of screen grabs from the […]
Dean Barnett over at Hugh Hewitt’s blog posted a fine tribute to golf great Tom Watson today in light of Watson’s back-nine collapse at the Senior U.S. Open last weekend. Barnett clearly loves the greatness of the game and the game’s greats. A snippet: If this turns out to be Watson’s final moment in the competitive limelight, […]
 Ahhh, some light on an old, personal mystery—thanks to a clue from James Lileks.  My full name is David Andrew Holland. My parents meant for me to go by the name “Andy.”  In fact, I did until right before I started first grade when I was five. To this day, many of my aunts, uncles and […]
The first complete 787 Dreamliner hasn’t even rolled off the Boeing assembly line yet, and it has already become the most successful launch of a new aircraft in the history of aviation. According to this new Wall Street Journal article, Boeing has already accumulated 677 orders for the jet from 47 customers. And new orders are […]
. . .when you’re a pastor. Scott Hodge is a friend from back in the day who pastors a great church in the Chicago area called The Orchard Community. Scott is also a prolific and innovative blogger who currently is posting some thoughts about why pastors tend to get so wounded when church members choose […]
…and Mark Steyn is concerned that his grandchildren will never get to see some of the unnatural wonders our generation has come to take for granted. For example: I worry that my grandchildren will never know the thrill of being hectored by Bono and Bob Geldof, and that many already rare species will simply vanish […]
Christopher Hitchens’ book, God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, has been sitting on the upper rungs of the bestseller lists for weeks now. I’ve read it. And I have some thoughts about it. When I get a little spare time I plan to post my observations about it here. In the meantime, the latest issue of […]
