Just came across an outstanding op-ed in the Washington Post (of all places.) Roberto Suro takes a fresh look at the Statue of Liberty and scrapes off a big chunk of the mythology and misinformation about what she symbolizes. You’ll recall that during the immigration debates of last year, those of us who favor controlling […]
Spent a few days in Austin with relatives over the 4th. This will probably be the closest thing to a vacation we pull off this summer. The promotional push for the Paul Harvey book officially kicked off on the 4th and I’ll hopefully be doing a lot of radio interviews and such through the […]
I’m in between seasons of life in which I buy children’s books, but if I weren’t, I’d buy Animal Band by my old friend Christopher Jennings. I have known Chris since his high school days back when, and he is a ridiculously gifted illustrator and writer. Check it out if you have younger ones in […]
The press has been positioning the overthrow of the Honduran President by the military as being a big setback for democracy. But it’s actually a victory. The Heritage Foundation’s Ray Walser explains why here.
It now appears to be safe for canines and humans to enter the backyard once more. There is no sign of the grounded adolescent bluejay and the over-protective parental units are no longer screeching at and attacking every mammalian that steps out our back door. Mrs. Blather, ever-positive and faith-filled, is convinced the youngster finally […]
If you’ve ordered and read the Paul Harvey book, would you be so kind as to go to the Amazon page for the book and write a review? (Preferably a favorable one!) If you hurry, you can be the first. My thanks!
I’m by nature and habit a news junkie. But this is a morning in which ever item of information I find either infuriates me, grieves me, or pushes me to the edge of despair for our country and culture. So, I’m either going to have to check out for a while, or begin preparations to […]
{As posted over at the Stop Worshiping Celebrities blog} The Times of London featured a brilliant and brutally blunt op-ed piece by Janice Turner today on the maniacal Michael Jackson fan base. The subhead to the headline quoted above gives you a feel for how Turner feels about the Jackson idol worshipers: “Those who professed […]
So the “King of Pop” is dead. I’ll save my primary Michael Jackson comments for the “Stop Worshiping Celebrities” blog. I rarely update it but this seems like a perfect time. Here I’ll just observe that our childish, morally bankrupt culture vainly tries to make gods and kings of celebrities. But they invariably end up […]
The maniacal bluejays continued to terrorize any living creature that ventured into the back yard today. (See blog post below) Dogs having notoriously bad short term memories, our Abbie apparently forgot about the indigo kamikazes while she slept. She got about five steps into the yard on her way to do her morning business when […]
