Those of us who got all worked up over the McCain-Kennedy immigration amnesty bill earlier this year—and there were millions of us—repeatedly stated, as I did in this post, “Secure the borders first, then we’ll talk about what to do with the illegals we already have.” The proponents of the bill, including the President, basically said, […]
Here’s a video clip I don’t think I’d ever seen before until the other day. It is a two-year-old Tiger Woods with his dad making an appearance on the Mike Douglas Show. Tiger shows his swing to Mike and Bob Hope. Earl Woods pretty much groomed Tiger to play professional golf from the womb. I guess […]
Professional golf is the only sport I follow with any degree of passion. But I must say watching Tiger win 60-70% of the tournaments he bothers to enter is getting a little tiresome. Not that he doesn’t deserve to win. He is obviously the perfect-storm combination  of God-given talent, parental preparation, and personal dedication and […]
Dateline—Holiday Inn; Richmond, Virginia. Wrapping up three days of TV production here in Richmond which followed three days of radio production back home which was preceded by a couple of days of donor chats in Houston which came a couple of days after a three-day client trip to Charlotte, North Carolina. Which tends to make me a little […]
So. . . Paid a visit to the family doc yesterday. I have pneumonia, I’m told. Well, that explains a few things—including that sensation I’ve had for the last couple of weeks that I have inadvertantly inhaled an echidna in my sleep that has become lodged under my sternum. Apparently my lifestyle — long stretches […]
James Lileks over at Buzz.mn has spotted several instances of the shameful phenomenon I described in this post below. An excerpt: Fred Phelps and his contemptible claque believe that God made the bridge fall because Minneapolitans didn’t round up the gays and burn them at a Loring Park bonfire, so they’re going to protest the funerals […]
If you haven’t been following the controversy over The New Republic’s Baghdad Diaries written by the anonymous “Scott Thomas,” don’t bother with this post. It’s too complicated to explain. But if you have, you’ll be interested to know that The Weekly Standard is reporting that the author has now recanted. The opening paragraph: THE WEEKLY […]
It’s been a while since I posted any photography, so here are a few snaps I grabbed in Scotland some years back (click to enlarge):  These were shot on the Western coast of Scotland in county Kintyre (as in The Mull of Kintyre) a peninsular finger that sticks out into the Irish Sea. In fact, when I took […]
Here’s a blast from the past. A montage of commercial sponsor bumpers from Twilight Zone episodes in the very early sixties. The whole thing runs about 10 minutes. By the way, note the American Tobacco Growers Assoc. spot with the fast talking auctioneer. When we were little, my brother and I thought that was high-larious. […]
Last evening’s I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis (a bridge I used to cross with some regularity) has brought me fresh evidence of a truly disturbing phenomenon. One that is increasingly predictable in American public discourse. I first took notice of it in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing back in 1994. And again after […]
