Red Sox Nation has been loving the controversy caused by the new Joe Torre book that rips many of his formers players, especially A-Fraud. Schadenfreude indeed. Here’s the best story yet from the book, and it involves the one and only Roger Clemens. Remember the NY City World Series in 2000 that had the Yankees [...]
Thank you Colby College for the best laugh I’ve had in 2009. From the excellent alumni magazine, Racial Controversy on Campus A series of racially and culturally insensitive events stirred controversy on campus this fall, precipitating a sit-in in Pulver Pavilion and a series of demands presented to the Student Programming Board, the administration, and [...]
Continue reading about Today’s campus protests: derivative to the Nth degree
On Inauguration Day, conservative commentator and author David Frum launched an exciting new venture called NewMajority.com, “a site dedicated to the reform and renewal of the Republican party and the conservative movement.” Good timing indeed. It was a real pleasure to speak with David, someone I’ve long admired for his thoughtful commentary. I like what [...]
Taking Chance is Marine Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl’s account of escorting the remains of Lance Corporal Chance Phelps across country to his family and final resting place in Wyoming. I’ve never read anything that made me more proud to be American. The story has been made into an HBO movie that airs February 21. Tonight [...]
Continue reading about HBO’s Taking Chance: the only review that matters
Bruce McQuain from QandO joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce is a veteran of the Vietnam war and spent 28 years in the U.S. Army. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. Tonight Bruce used a lengthy article [...]
Hero returns home DANVILLE — Chanting “Sully! Sully!” a crowd of several thousand gathered at a hometown hero celebration in downtown Danville on Saturday to salute US Airways Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger. The hero himself said only a few words when he was finally handed the microphone — after a long line of speeches by [...]
What a pleasure to watch the sustained and repeated mediagasms over the past few days. Imagine how bad it could have been if the media really went over the top, LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s inauguration generated an unprecedented 35,000 stories in the world’s major newspapers, television and radio broadcasts over the past [...]
