http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/local/2015/07/22/libous-guilty/30531301/ Few headlines over the years have made me as gleefully happy as the one I woke up to yesterday morning: Libous guilty. And in full: Sen. Tom Libous to be removed from office after guilty verdict. I’ve told you … Continue reading
There’s a monstrously large construction site about half a mile from my house (pictured above), featuring cranes and trucks and jacks and hard hats and all the usual trappings of development. The thing is, I have no idea what it … Continue reading
I figure most Donald Trump-types are good for about 15 minutes of fame following the announcements of their presidential bids. You make a splash, the media fawns, then you get out of the pool. But Donald Trump himself in 2015? … Continue reading
One of the things I’m most looking forward to this summer is an upcoming show I have at the Goodwill Theatre in Johnson City, mere minutes from where I grew up. On Monday, August 17, I’ll be joined by Dan … Continue reading
Hate to say I told you so… Wait a minute, I love to say I told you so, and here it is again. Baseball’s all-star game? Knocked it out of the park. Seriously, was that not the best Home Run Derby … Continue reading
As a Republican and a libertarian I’m used to defending unpopular views. I never thought I’d have to do so for our national pastime’s “Mid-Summer Classic.” It seems I can’t open a newspaper or turn on any device these days … Continue reading
The other night I watched a documentary that had been in my Netflix queue since 2013: Smiling Through the Apocalypse. Alternately subtitled “Esquire in the ’60s” and “How Howard Hayes rocked journalism,” the film highlights Esquire magazine during the 1960s … Continue reading
I always figured that one day our 21st century sensibilities would kick in and The Dukes of Hazzard would be res non grata on TV. I never thought the same would be true for The Cosby Show. Yeah, up until … Continue reading
This is how you spend July Fourth weekend if you live in the suburbs and have a one-year-old… Friday night: celebrate all things great about America with pizza and s’mores. (Silently curse neighbors with their fireworks going waaaaayyy to late … Continue reading
One of my more favored holidays is that which we celebrate tomorrow: the Fourth of July. Or, if you work for the government, you celebrate it today, because no holiday is complete without a day off from Uncle Sam. Truth … Continue reading