I admit it. It was a cliche´ of a headline, but I opted to use it anyway to announce news that Democrat Charlie Wilson, a long-time Congressman from Texas’ 2nd District, has died at 76 in his hometown of Lufkin, Texas. His hometown newspaper, The Lufkin Daily News has the story about the man who [...]
Charlie Wilson’s War Over, Congressman Dead at 76
February 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment
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2004 Headline from Kenya’s Oldest Newspaper: ‘Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate’
October 15th, 2009 · 10 Comments
EDITOR’S NOTE 5/17/12 at 6:20 p.m. Central: With today’s news about Barack Obama’s literary agent describing him as having been born in Kenya, I thought it appropriate to share this post from October 2009. Call me a “birther” if you must, but I’ve been right from the start. This morning, Don Surber points his readers [...]
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Former White House Speechwriter Calls for Barack Obama to ‘Release the Birth Documents’
October 15th, 2009 · 13 Comments
Editor’s Note: Several times during the past few years, I’ve turned to Michael Johns, a White House speechwriter during the George H.W. Bush presidency who brings a more-scholarly-than-average approach to the news topics of the day. Three weeks ago, he tackled the issue which, if one is on the “wrong” side of it, can get [...]
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William F. Buckley Jr. Hailed as Intellectual Giant
March 7th, 2008 · No Comments
A lot has been written about William F. Buckley Jr. since his passing last week. If you haven’t read enough already, I highly recommend you read Michael Johns’ piece about the conservative icon. It begins his way: It can be said that modern conservatism knows only two times. There was the time before him and [...]
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I’ve Changed My Mind About ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’
January 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Suspecting it to be a left-wing effort to shift credit for defeating the Soviet Union’s military in Afghanistan almost 30 years ago away from Ronald Reagan and to a Democratic Party congressman from Texas whose name the film bears, I told myself I wouldn’t spend good money to see Charlie Wilson’s War. I changed my [...]
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Add This Blog to Your Blogroll Now
May 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment
In a post yesterday, I blogged about an experience common to bloggers — that is, receiving an e-mail in which a total stranger tells you, “Love your blog,” immediately before asking, “Will you add me to your blogroll?” Today, I want to alert you to a new blogger, Michael Johns, the man whose blog, Michael [...]
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