The world lost one of the most influential musicians and artists when James Brown, “The Hardest Working Man in Show Business” died on Christmas Day. The Godfather of Soul was a man who went by many names and left countless musical genres in the wake of his indomitable style.
Brown’s 50 year music career saw him […]

In America we love to celebrate firsts. John Glenn and Neil Armstrong are forever lauded for being pioneers in space and on the moon respectively. Jackie Robinson is a hero for breaking baseball’s color barrier and Charles Lindbergh was an instant celebrity after being the first to fly solo across the Atlantic. The first baby […]

Wasn’t it just a few month ago that Our Fine President revealed his super hero alter-ego “The Decider” to make sure everyone knew just what it is he does with his non-vacation days? Well, it seems that he’s lost his lucky decider flipping coin or someone drained the mystery fluid from his Magic 8-Ball because […]

It all comes down to a fear of defeat and an irrational sense of what that might mean. Just days after Our Fine President begrudgingly received the Iraq Study Group’s report and spoke of changing his strategy, his staff is now floating balloons about cherry picking a few choice recommendations and then ignoring the report […]

The Mark Foley House Page scandal is wrapping up today with the release of a tepid blameless report from the House Ethics Committee. It comes as no big surprise that this lame duck committee from one of our finest do-nothing Congresses issues a report that shows lots of evidence of people doing nothing beyond exhibiting […]

My head finally seems to be coming back around to the Midwest’s central time zone now that I’ve returned from my trip to the Middle East which seems to be the center of the world’s attention. OK, sure the British media is rightfully caught up with the investigation into the radioactive murder of former Russian […]