An ode to Willie Mays on his 90th Birthday
(May 6) Baseball speedster Bobby Bonds was at nearly full speed approaching the ugly right-center fence at Candlestick Park when he took a stutter step as if considering a mighty […]
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Prevaricating Kristen Clarke should not head Civil Rights Division
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, May 6) The Senate should reject leftist lawyer Kristen Clarke’s nomination as the head of the Justice Department’s civil rights division. New ethical questions help illustrate […]
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Sorry, but this Tucker Carlson rant was absolutely bigoted
(April 30) Leave it to Tucker Carlson to counteract an absurd statement by President Joe Biden with a statement more absurd and, well, bigoted. In his Wednesday address to Congress, […]
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It’s really dumb to be TOO lenient on criminals
(Official Washington Examiner Editorial, May 5): California is among the states going way overboard in inventing new ways to be mollycoddle dangerous criminals. These states are diminishing society’s freedom by […]
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Both Dem and GOP examples provide hope for nation
Two pieces, one on GOPer Tim Scott and one on Democrat Mark Kelly, that provide grounds for hope. (Links to full pieces embedded in headlines.) Why Tim Scott’s speech was […]
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Democrats and Republicans both can learn from James Carville
Two columns precipitated by Democratic consultant James Carville’s new campaign against “wokeness.” (Links to full pieces embedded in headlines.) Carville may not be entirely right about the Louisiana special election […]
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It’s an awful idea to let government ‘negotiate’ Medicare drug prices
(April 29) In his Wednesday night speech, President Joe Biden repeated one bit of economic illiteracy that has been demonstrably wrong for 15 years, although Democrats recited it like a […]
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Fair Hope for Maskless Life
(May 6) Coastal Alabamians celebrated May Day this year by mingling maskless by the thousands at the Arts and Crafts Festival in Fairhope, the charming Mobile Bay town sometimes considered […]
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When colleges and college kids both act stupidly
Two columns, one on Tulane and Hunter Biden, another on rich college kids justifying riots. (Links to full pieces embedded in headlines for each.) Tulane should be embarrassed by Hunter […]
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Baseball, Manning, Moms, and an Adventure
(This is the full-length, but slightly different, version of a piece that ran April 15): When Katie Russell Newland threw out the first pitch at Chicago’s Wrigley Field in September […]
