I can’t be the only person who gets a sick feeling just hearing Donald Trump’s voice. Especially when he tries to be soft and reasonable, I’m always reminded of Louis Gossett Jr.’s Academy Award-winning performance as the drill sergeant in “An Officer and a Gentleman.” When David Keith’s recruit answers him in a soft voice, …
I was surprised to see that people in the late 19th century were upset that Americans weren’t reading as many books as earlier generations had. Newer pleasures like photographs and the telegraph were taking up their time. That sounds more than a little strange to me. I don’t think telegraphs were ever home appliances, although …
“This world will never be right until Jesus returns to rule with an iron hand …” Whenever I hear right-wing Republicans talk about a Christian America, I’m always reminded of Maudiebelle Smith. Twenty-five years ago, one of my duties working for a Southern California newspaper was to verify and edit letters to the editor from …
“Our government wasn’t set up for one group to have all three branches of government — wasn’t set up that way. You know, the House, the Senate, and the executive.” I liked Tommy Tuberville better when he was just stupid, when as an incoming senator from Alabama he forgot there was a branch of the …
“Every perfect picture hides a mess or two …” Some years back, I was looking at a small color slide in one of my mother’s photo albums. I looked and looked at it and could not figure out who it was. When I finally realized who it had to be, I literally could not believe …
About 8-10 years ago, when I was spending a lot of money collecting autographed baseballs, I would often jump at the chance to buy offbeat ones. Ones that weren’t baseball people. I bought one signed by Jane Fonda, as well as balls signed by Richard Petty, Grace Slick, Samuel L. Jackson and John Elway. I …
I saw a post of Facebook the other day that made me laugh. Not humorous-type laugh, but that’s-so-goofy laugh. “Name a ’60s group that younger people wouldn’t have heard of.” To start the discussion, the poster named an obscure, nearly unknown group called … Creedence Clearwater Revival. Say what? What’s next? The Beach Boys? The …
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If there’s one lesson Republicans have tken from Donald Trump that hasn’t served them particularly well, it’s refusing to apologize for mistakes. If you can’t say you were wrong, you have only two choices. You can say you weren’t wrong … … or you can say you never did it. People used to be unfairly …
When I was in my teens, I had no use for country music. I grew up in Ohio and Northern Virginia, and to me country music was slop jars, corncobs and hillbillies. It was completely rural and I was strictly suburban. As I grew up, I got to where I could enjoy so-called country rock, …
Consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds. People familiar with the thought tend to remember that as the actual quote, but of course it isn’t. What Ralph Waldo Emerson actually said two centuries ago is more complex. A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. There …
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