Does anybody south of Scarborough remember the Maine? I would be willing to bet it’s been a hundred years since anybody outside of Texas remembered the Alamo. What’s the point, anyway? Remember the Alamo by beating up a Mexican? There really needs to be an expiration date on these things, especially since they all seem …
I don’t think I ever worried about whether my two children would be alive to return home from school at the end of the day. They graduated from high school in 1998 and 2003, and we lived in an extremely upscale community. We were concerned about things like drugs, but survival was way down the …
This was Black Friday? Just like the proverbial Old Gray Mare, it apparently ain’t what it used to be. When I was working as a business reporter earlier in the century, I was out before dawn on the morning after Thanksgiving, watching massive crowds battle for bargains. In some parts of the country, would-be shoppers …
How about that? After the disappointment of the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict in Wisconsin last week, it was a wonderful surprise to see Georgia come through in the name of justice in the Ahmaud Arbery case. Three white men were convicted of murder for shooting and killing a black jogger by a jury on which 11 …
Dillard’s is primarily a Southern department store. It’s not Macy’s or Nordstrom, but it has one thing going for it as far as I’m concerned. It’s one of the only places to buy Tommy Bahama sportswear. Tommy Bahama stuff has been one of my great extravagances since 2010, when I spent the summer in Texas …
It fills me with despair to think voters are so incredibly stupid. I know that’s a combative way to start a piece, but let’s face it. We can’t get anything done in Washington because one party refuses to allow the other party to govern. Voters get angry at the governing party for what they see …
I had pretty well made up my mind on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, and at first I was truly appalled that he wasn’t convicted on any of the five counts. But when I started thinking about it, I realized that other than gun charges, the only possibility for real punishment would be if it was …
I was reading something about Charles Lindbergh when I saw something that really shocked me. No, it didn’t have anything to do with hs flight or the controversies surrounding his later life. It was two facts that were only shocking in conjunction with each other. Lindbergh was 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighed just …
Remember when Republicans were just jerks? Mike, are you really going to start this piece with something that provocative? Richard. Milhous. Nixon. Well … I’m not kidding. As much of a jerk as Nixon was, he never publicly fantasized about killing his political opponents. Neither did Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush or Dick Cheney. Donald …
You know you’re old when you get annoyed by minor mistakes that aren’t really that big a deal. Thursday is Veterans Day, one of two holidays in which we honor the men and women who have served our country in the military, both in times of war and peace. It’s a holiday whose date commemorates …
