…through The Valley of Elah Well, I went and did it again. That is, I put a film on my Netflix queue without any idea of what it was really about. But I got lucky this time with In The Valley of Elah. Based on actual events, it stars Tommy Lee Jones and...
Statesman or Politician? The Long View or A Suitcase of Cash? My family, all 12 of us, just dodged a bullet. A few days ago we got back from a nifty vacation in Charleston, South Carolina. Long walks on the beach. History. Southern comfort food. The mayhem of...
Fiddling while Rome burns I spend many hours blogging at my local library. They regularly host events on a wide variety of topics. I rarely take one in; its tough enough for me to keep on track without one more distraction. However, recently a program called...
They just keep going. And going. And going . . .I don’t need to remind you of the Energizer Bunny commercials. How can you forget them? You know, the the mechanical rabbit with fake pink fur that relentlessly marches across your TV...
The Immigration Act of 1965 Not long ago, I had lunch with a couple of guys I know well enough to say with confidence that they’re both politically conservative and active outdoorsmen: my brother and brother-in-law. But when I brought up immigration, we parted...
Or dumb as a stump? At the library where I blog, there’s a table displaying IRS information booklets. An ever present reminder that tax season is, alas, upon us. But in addition to the booklets, there was, up until a few days ago, a sign declaring that...
