The sad news of the death of John Madden has been met with the tidal wave of praise and appreciation…
Joan Didion, who died on Thursday at the age of 87, was a California girl, born to an affluent family…
When you walk the Fredericksburg battlefield, especially near the stone wall at the base of Mayre’s Heights (which is just…
It was a neighborhood Fourth of July BBQ, 2011. I had recently returned from my third combat deployment in Afghanistan….
Former Republican Senator, majority leader, and 1996 presidential candidate Bob Dole died in his sleep Sunday morning. He was 98,…
In Finishing the Hat (2010) and Look, I Made a Hat (2011), his two massive compendia of his own lyrics, complete…
November 19th marks the 95th anniversary of the birth of Jeane Kirkpatrick in Duncan, Oklahoma. She was born Jeane Jordan into…
At the time of his passing in a motorcycle accident, Duane Allman was America’s most interesting guitarist. The death of…
“Former Republican U.S. Rep. Todd Akin of Missouri died late Sunday at age 74,” the AP tells us in its…
