Memorial Day is nigh. The one thing every well-dressed gentleman must have as the temperature climbs is the seersucker suit. It’s fashion, it’s style, it’s retro, and it will make a huge summer comeback. A seersucker suit is one of…
From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze. Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life, I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters. When…
Allan Jones: Are you a man or a mouse? Groucho Marx: Put a piece of cheese on the floor and you’ll find out. – A Day at the Races (1937) On Memorial Day weekend, we celebrate courage, specifically that of…
If you open a paper this week, you will see ads for Memorial Day sales. Your inbox is probably being inundated with such ads. Along with sales, Memorial Day images include BBQs, parties, and pool openings. It’s the official beginning…
America, home of the free because of the brave, lacks brave people. Memorial Day approaches and too many Americans cannot fathom believing in anything enough to risk their lives for that belief. Worse, they scorn the people who do believe….
This Memorial Day, I was a TCM-held POW. Turner Classic Movies justified its middle name by running three magnificent World War II films — Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Great Escape (1963), The Dirty Dozen (1967) — and the postwar-set masterpiece The…
“We, the people” is the phrase that comes trippingly to mind. We, the people, over Memorial Day weekend, initiated an urgent referendum on the means and methods of battling the novel coronavirus. Early returns pour in even as we speak….
Mercer, Pennsylvania The streets were empty. No one marched. The bands didn’t play. There was no music; there were no 21-gun salutes. Where were the old-timers hobbling along in their military uniforms? The flags flew at the courthouse, but the…
Thursday It is a perfect morning here in Beverly Hills. Clear cobalt blue skies. Lush palm trees and banana leaf plants. An emerald green lawn. Hollyhocks. Roses. Confederate star jasmine, which not only looks decadently alluring but smells magnificently of…
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