Tag: Politics
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Reconsidering Paris’s Judgment
I never knew much about Gore Vidal, spare his notable row at the 1968 Democratic National Convention with William F. Buckley, Jr., where Buckley threatened to “sock [Vidal] in the goddamn face.” Here’s a moment of silence for the death of live TV. Naturally, when I heard that Mr. Vidal had himself gone the way of…
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September in the Rain
The leaves of brown came tumbling down, Remember, in September in the rain. The sun went out just like a dying ember,That September in the rain. –Rod Stewart, September in the Rain It’s been a wet few days here in Tucson. But not even our Indian summer monsoons could compare to the tears that rained…
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Best Political Use of a Country Music Song
The typically all-business, conservative website Hot Air threw me a bit of a curveball as I perused yesterday’s headlines. In a nondescript article, mulling the Presidential aspirations of Gov. Rick Perry and his, admittedly impressive, record of job creation in Texas, Hot Air titled its piece: Why All Your Exes May Live in Texas [Link]…
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Why I Love America
A prominent Native American law blog I follow posted a tongue-in-cheek message to Americans celebrating the Fourth of July. The headline declared: Happy Fourth from the Merciless Indian Savages [Link] For the confused, the headlined referenced a brief passage from the Declaration of Independence, listing the offenses of King George III. The excerpt appears in…
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The Dean Martin – John Boehner Connection
Much ink has been spilt about the new Republican Congressional Majority. But perhaps readers are unaware of the comparisons being floated between incoming House Speaker John Boehner and the erstwhile King of Cool himself, Dean Martin. To wit, no less than three press shops have made the comparison – one as long ago as 2006:…
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