Jazz in the book adds context to jazz on film
(July 13). With 2019 being the year of movies celebrating British-originated rock music of the 1960s (Beatles) and 1970s (Elton John and Queen), Americans should take time to view a film about […]
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I’ll never buy Nike again
(July 8). I will never buy another Nike product again. I know I’m far from the only one to make this pledge. Nike’s withdrawal of its shoes featuring a representation of the […]
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NASA promised the moon, and delivered — for all of us
(July 11). (A slightly different version of this is running in the Washington Examiner print magazine.) Fifty years after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, one senses […]
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U.S. voter lists invite major fraud
(July 12) For years, a hardy band of mostly conservative lawyers has been warning that American voter rolls are so poorly maintained as to be absolutely ripe for, and perhaps […]
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Hacks, Louisiana Gov race, and N.O. floods
Three Examiner pieces by Quin (links embedded in the headlines); National GOP ups ante in LA Gov. race (July 9): Because only three states have gubernatorial elections in 2019, even […]
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Trump good, Trump bad, Perot bad, GOP House bad
Four Examiner pieces by Quin (links embedded in headlines); Trump team hits home run by balking at its own drug price plan (July 11): In deciding today not to change certain rules related to […]
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Cuckoo for Coco Gauff! Cuckoo for Coco Gauff!!
July 5. In 15-year-old American Coco Gauff, we may be seeing the debut of the next truly great women’s tennis player. That may be a radically premature assessment as she […]
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Mad Jones at Octavia Books, New Orleans, July 23
AT OCTAVIA BOOKS! To all in New Orleans or vicinity, I am very excited to announced that Octavia Books is hosting me at 6 p.m. on July 23 for a […]
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‘Yesterday’ is most fun film of today, and of the year
(July 5). No road too long or too winding should keep you away from seeing the movie Yesterday. My wife and I both agreed it was the most simply enjoyable flick we’ve […]
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The virtual campaign: Fixing debt, and the bureaucracy
In an ongoing series involving my “virtual” campaign for the Republican nomination for president, creating a platform a real candidate should seize, here are parts two and three. (The links […]
