RIP Mike Leach
I haven’t felt this way about a celebrity death since my favorite singer died in 1999.
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News Comment
My take on current events, major and minor. Can be article-length or in snippets.
The SEC v The People Of Mississippi
It’s called extortion, and the SEC should be ashamed.
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The Skinny on the Proposed M855 Bullet Ban
Here’s what you need to know about the possible ban on this specific kind of AR-15 ammunition.
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The Politics of Caring
The NFL has dominated the media lately. Or, more correctly…the media has dominated the NFL lately. But this particular set of events tweaks my historic sport sentiment like a purple nurple from the ninth level of torment.
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Casting Lex Luthor
Lex Luthor has always been the greatest of Superman’s Rogue’s Gallery, so the casting of Jesse Eisenberg has the Interweb in an uproar. But the casting makes perfect sense, whether you (or I) agree with it or not.
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Is Our Constitution Unconstitutional?
One of the most controversial but incontrovertible rights of an American is the right to keep and bear arms. But a DA and circuit judge in Mississippi’s Hinds County seem to believe they are above the law.
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Reagan on “democratic” regime change
With the celebration of a game-changing potential international disaster in Egypt, what President Reagan had to say about the Nicaraguan Sandinista regime in 1984 may prove insightful.
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From a Moment of Silence to Just Plain Silence
The recent shooting in Arizona is the latest example of a borderline world being struck by those who’ve already crossed the border of sanity. And the blame game is already in play.
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Security Scanners…Hazardous?
Regarding the use of full-body security scanners in airports by the TSA, I wouldn’t recommend anyone allow themselves to be subjected to the scanner.
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Koran Burning: Right or Wrong?
A non-denominational church will be hosting a mass burning of the Koran, and they’ve made it a spectacle.
Read More9/11/01: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Here’s where I was and what I was doing on my Mama’s birthday back in 2001, now simply known as 9/11 and serves as one of my generation’s flash-point events, similar to the JFK assassination and the Challenger explosion.
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