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A Childhood Memory of Kent State, May 4, 1970.
On May 4th, we should pause to remember the price of freedom, paid in blood by patriots – like the young people who died at Kent State. On this day 42 years ago at Kent State University, Ohio National...
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Memorial Day at Arlington West
They’ve been doing it for nearly a decade now. Every Sunday, from sunrise to sunset, a group called Veterans for Peace puts small white wooden crosses into the sand on the beach in Santa Monica, CA....
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Freedom, Burgers & Beer!
Happy July 4th to all my friends and those who follow, read, or just happen to stumble upon this blog. Today, I’m in Evanston, Illinois getting ready to spend a wonderful day with family and great...
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Republican National Convention Day One: One Little Lie & Two Big Lies…
“We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers.” Ashley O’Connor, Romney TV Advertising Strategist Ohio Governor John Kasich’s Little Lie In his address to the Republican National...
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The Manti Te’o Dead Girlfriend Hoax and The Crisis in American Journalism
I’m a college football fan. I like the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. I revere The Four Horsemen, Knute Rockne, and winning one for the Gipper. But the Manti Te’o story is making me nuts. It’s more than...
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Why I’m Cheering for the San Francisco 49ers Today!
As a Cleveland boy, I already have a very good reason to root against the Baltimore Ravens in today’s Super Bowl. Hell, The Ravens used to be the legendary Cleveland Browns until owner Art Modell...
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Wrestling with an Olympic Outrage
If anyone needs a clear sign of the end of Western Civilization, as we know it, they can look no further than the decision of the International Olympic Committee to drop wrestling from the Olympic...
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150 Years Ago Today: A Victory for Modern Naval Warfare…
As we continue to acknowledge the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War… On Saturday, February 28, 1863, 150 years ago today, a now-forgotten Civil War engagement pointed the way toward the future...
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The Biggest Man in Pro Sports Today…
What a great day for professional sports. The film “42” is in theatres, celebrating the transformational story of how Jackie Robinson broke the color line in Major League Baseball with the Brooklyn...
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Huffington Posts Daughter Emilia…
For the past month, I’ve been re-posting my daughter Emilia’s blog posts about her travels in Rio de Janeiro. Those posts cover her experience as a college girl in Rio — but Emilia did not go to Brazil...
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President Obama Goes to War…
What should a progressive liberal Democrat think about President Obama’s intention to bomb Syria? What should progressives think about a Nobel Peace Prize laureate launching a punitive military strike...
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Poor Sports
I am thrilled that my hometown Major League baseball team, The Cleveland Indians, have staged an impressive and determined late season rally to earn a spot in the Wild Card playoff game – and a shot to...
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Joe, George & Ted…
Does the equation above seem too glib? Do Senator Joe McCarthy and Governor George Wallace really add up to Senator Ted Cruz? That’s been my knee-jerk reaction. Watching Ted Cruz engage in his...
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Remembering Lincoln at Gettysburg
I was honored and delighted when my good friend Darroch Greer invited my wife Victoria and me to take part in another of his wonderful historical events at the Bedford Winery in Los Alamos,...
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Otto Graham: The Greatest Pro Football Quarterback Ever
The NFL conference championship games that were played today were as thrilling and satisfying a pair of gridiron contests as a football fan could desire. It was great to watch two veteran quarterbacks...
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One & Dumped: Championship Edition
Call me an old fogey, but I’m delighted that Kentucky’s five much-hyped, “one-and-done” freshmen were defeated 60-54 in the NCAA Tournament Championship game by the University of Connecticut Huskies....
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Farewell to Ray Shepardson, the Visionary Who Saved the Theatres
I honestly had no idea how to headline this tribute to the great Ray Shepardson, who died suddenly and shockingly in Aurora, Illinois late last night. It sounds like a cliché to say that Ray was full...
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A Funny Girl @ Grauman’s on Friday!
My daughter Emilia’s rising standup comedy career continues this Friday, May 2 at the Inside Jokes Comedy Club on the third floor of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre at 8:00 pm. The show is called “Women Who...
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A Childhood Memory of Kent State, May 4, 1970.
(I first posted this article in 2012.) On May 4th, we should pause to remember the price of freedom, paid in blood by patriots – like the young people who died at Kent State. On this day 42 years ago...
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President Obama Shreds the Pundits.
President Obama made the following remarks at a recent fundraiser, calling out the false equivalency narratives spun by the insufferable, Beltway-blinkered poobahs of the pundit class. He should...
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