New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made an interesting statement the other day. He said that if America goes further down the “entitlement route” than we’ve already gone, we’ll no longer be a nation which honors people’s striving for success. We’ll just be, Christie said, “Sitting on the couch, waiting for the welfare check to come.” Easy to dismiss such a statement with bromides about...
BULLETIN New information released over the May 17-19 period by the state shows that Zimmerman did indeed have cuts on the back of his head, a broken nose, and two black eyes just after his confrontation with Martin. Much of commentator opinion now appears to be that Zimmerman “will walk.” And that it probably will result in black riots. Stay tuned! —— Reuters news...
Black Americans tend to speak of one of their own as “the brother”. Thus, President Barack Hussein Obama presumably is referred to in that affectionate way by many of those blacks who support his re-election — say, oh, about...
It must be the time for old, classic silent movies. “The Artist” and “Hugo” won a bushel of Oscars between them at the Academy Awards; and after many years of waiting and wanting, I finally got to view Buster...
Rioters burned and trashed downtown Athens, Greece, this past week, protesting the severe austerity measures that the country’s Parliament is being forced to take to obtain a European Union loan and avoid national bankruptcy. Protesters raised seven kinds of...
What’s an “epigram”? Well, it’s a short, pithy saying with a surprise at the end, some wit, and a kernel of truth. Like Oscar Wilde’s, “I can resist anything but temptation.” Or Will Rogers’, “I belong to no organized...
Has Newt Gingrich stolen the Republican presidential nomination right out of Mitt Romney’s hand, just as the former Massachusetts governor seemed about to grasp the gold ring? It would seem that way at this writing, shortly after the closing...
The U.S. unemployment rate is still far higher than any president wants it to be in the year he’s seeking re-election. Public unhappiness with the direction the country is heading is astronomically high. Americans are worried — REALLY worried...
A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine was telling me of photos he had shot, late at night here in Madison. And he made one remark that led me to say, “I think you just gave me...
(I wrote this short story, about a young boy and girl in modern times whose fascination with the “Singing Cowboy” Gene Autry leads them down roads they never imagined, several years ago. Hope you enjoy it.) —— “Who’s Gene...
American newspapers from larger cities tend to reflect their regional peculiarities, likes and dislikes, and so on. That’s true of even the New York Times and Washington Post, which are considered national news media outlets as well as ones...
They’ve made another movie about Shakespeare! That’s the good news. Now the bad news: Once again, as in “Shakespeare In Love,” The Bard himself plays second fiddle to someone else. In “Shakespeare In Love,” it was a 16th Century...
The Jefferson County Public Library finally has a new director, announced today. He’s Brent Stokesberry, currently at the La Porte County Library in La Porte. And he grew up in Des Moines, Iowa. Now, that last fact may seem...
Gov. Rick Perry of Texas came late to the ranks of Republican hopefuls for the right to face President Obama next year for president. But once in, he zoomed clear to the top of the polls. If one goes...
Fewer and fewer Madisonians nowadays would recognize the name “Gavin Lodge” if you said it to them. But I’ll never forget him — he was my best school pal, the guy I was closest to from, oh, about the...
Our venerable guardian, our Jefferson County Courthouse, is back up and running. And looking better than ever. The May 20, 2009 fire that destroyed the cupola and roof and heavily damaged the third floor couldn’t keep the grand old...
Until about a year and a half ago, I didn’t think I could write poetry. (Who was that out there who just said, “You can’t!”?) But anyway, early last year I started gingerly trying to pen some verse, for...
OK, here’s the plan: You and me find the biggest, nastiest paddle that’s ever been made. We take it down to Washington, D.C. And then we use it to whip about 536 asses. Yep, you guessed it. I’m talking...
Imagine two modern, very powerful locomotives on one railroad track. They are still about 10 or 12 miles apart, but they are barreling pell-mell toward each other. Soon, if someone doesn’t pull a switch to shunt one onto a...
The Stranger within my gate, He may be true or kind, But he does not talk my talk – I cannot feel his mind. I see the face and the eyes and the mouth, But not the soul behind....
Jimmer Fredette is coming on strong, looking more and more like a high NBA draft pick. The “too slow,” “can’t play defense” (translation: Too White) jibes are growing fainter and fainter. “The Book of Mormon: The Musical” walked away...
“We cannot have the same America, with different people.” If one had to sum up Jared Taylor’s incisive, riveting new book, “White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century,” in one sentence, the one above in Mr. Taylor’s own...
President Barack Obama offered Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu a deal that he apparently thought was a good one in a speech this week: “Let’s you give back all the land you won in the 1967 Middle East war,...
I knew a man Bojangles and he’d dance for you In worn out shoes … He called himself Bojangles. But that wasn’t his real name, you see. That name seems to be lost to us, over all these years....
Barack Obama’s administration pulled off a tremendous coup Sunday when it finally rubbed out Osama Bin Laden, the evil master of the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 Americans 10 years ago. This piece of sub-human scum had evaded capture...
We have a multitude of regional accents, or even dialects, in the United States. I loved listening to all of them when I was around guys from all over the country, in the Army. But I wonder if these...
In just three days, on April 12, the U.S. will observe the 150th anniversary of the firing on Fort Sumter, considered the start of the Civil War — or War Between the States, take your choice — which tore...
The folks who brought you “South Park” have a new target for ridicule and “humor” in their upcoming Broadway musical: the Mormon church. A Reuters article appearing four days ago described how the musical, “The Book of Mormon,” will...
I’m seeing the world through new eyes these days — almost literally. Yes, Old Corporal had his second and final cataract surgery last Monday. For the first time since I was about 12 years old, I can see things...
Eric Holder, Barack Obama’s attorney general, apparently thinks that only “his people” have ever been victims of voter intimidation — and many other things. At a recent congressional hearing, Holder brushed off questions about his department’s failure to pursue...
The riots in the streets that were plaguing Europe just a few months ago have now come to America, just as many predicted they would. Athens, Greece, meet Madison, Wisconsin. No, I won’t compare the monstrous temper tantrum union...
The comedians, God bless ‘em! Without the funny men — and women — we would be condemned to watch nothing at the movies and on TV but drama, adventure, and musicals. It’s good to see those movies and shows...
American Renaissance, a racial realism blog site and organization founded in 1990 by a man named Jared Taylor, was low-bridged again at the end of this past week, right on the eve of what AmReners thought would be their...
Life’s funny, isn’t it, in the way it apportions winners and losers? Some rise to the top, like cream, despite all kinds of supposed disadvantages. Others sink to the bottom, like stones, despite having apparent good chances in life....
Madison showed today that it could mount a protest demonstration that was peaceful, people friendly — and which probably played a role in positive developments in the Jay-C Store’s scheduled closing drama. A group, led by organizer Jan Vetrhus...
‘The People’ to Lugar, Armand: You’re fired!
Sometimes people “go to the well” once too often. They “wear their welcome out.” They refuse to “quit while they’re ahead.” Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., found that out last night, when he was denied a seventh term by the voters in Indiana who chose a Republican ballot in our primary election. Lugar lost by a rousing 61 percent to 39 percent margin to state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who was heavily backed by the Tea Party organization. Liberals had been telling us (or hoping), that the Tea Party was “not nearly as popular or formidable as it had been.” Tell that to Dick Lugar. Here in Jefferson County, Ind., another public official, Ralph Armand, was fired a couple of weeks ago as the county health department administrator. True, Armand was not “voted out” by the people; he was dismissed by the county health board after 29 years in his position....
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