A reposted classic: Today is June 14th, Flag Day, here in the great United States. It is a day to commemorate the official adoption of our flag back in 1777. It’s also a day for flag worshipers to pop up, those who care more about the symbol than the nation and people it represents. If [...]
I heard the Foo Fighters’ “Big Me” on the radio this weekend. I was struck by two thoughts: I am getting old, and I still hate those damn Mentos commercials. You see, younglings, the Foo Fighters produced a very popular video for this song back in 1996. First, 1996 was 17 years ago! Holy crap [...]
Senate Minority Leader and Lead Filibusterer Mitch McConnell was recorded at a meeting with aides discussing opposition research on potential opponent Ashley Judd. While McConnell deserves contempt, after reading through the transcript, I’m not finding anything noteworthy from him. His staff is doing almost all of the talking. Some of what they say might be [...]
Time to fill out your brackets again and be reminded of the fun and futility of March Madness. I do this every year. It’s amusing to feel like a genius for a couple of days (“Hey, look, one of my 17 brackets only has 3 missed picks through Sunday!”) only to come crashing back to [...]
In a few weeks the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case involving same-sex marriage, Hollingsworth v. Perry. The court has accepted an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief from the Westboro Baptist Church — yes, the same goofballs that turn up to protest funerals. The fact that the Court has agreed [...]
Whether the NFL’s all-star game, the Pro Bowl, will be continued is up in the air this year. Since it will never have the intensity of a real game, to keep our interest, the NFL needs to amp up what it can accomplish showcasing the best of the best by exposing them to a tweaked [...]