August 31, 2011
Postponement Perhaps Gives Us More Time To Reflect
Hurricane Irene blew in to Washington over the weekend and the biggest casualty was the Martin Luther King Memorial ceremony. It turns out that the weather was pretty nice on Sunday afternoon, and the event could have still occurred, but...
August 30, 2011
Perry as The Duke
John Wayne is still my favorite Hollywood star. No matter which one of his movies comes on the television screen, I will stop what I am doing and watch it. The Quiet Man is perhaps my favorite, but Rio Grande,...
August 29, 2011
Chicken Little Syndrome
A mighty wind blew in over the weekend. Television anchors were stretched to the limit as they desperately sought ways to fill airtime. Emergency workers looked far and wide to fill in their time cards. And plenty of people suddenly...
August 26, 2011
The Best Jobs Idea
Our family car is a relic. It doesn’t have XM radio. It doesn’t have sync capabilities with the iPhone. It doesn’t have a satellite navigation device. It does have an AM/FM radio and a CD player, but since my wife...
August 23, 2011
Gaddafi and Obama
If and when Muammar Gaddafi is finally deposed in Libya, President Obama probably deserves some credit. He backed Nicholas Sarkozy and NATO’s efforts to aid the rebels (whoever they are). He authorized the Navy and the Air Force to bomb...
August 22, 2011
Teach Your Children Well
Are you ready for some college football? After a summer of revelations about how corrupt the college football system has become, you could be excused for not being quite ready for a new season. Apparently, a University of Miami booster...