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Watching Kennedy interviewing Andrew McCarthy on her show tonight, and intrigued by the fact that AM's bookcase behind him is basically a display case to promote about 3 books, all of which are cover-forward

Here's a potential #MeToo story I may have avoided tonight: Sitting at the bar at the Brewhouse West, Nashville, watching football and preparing to watch a Red Sox game on an adjoining screen, and I see

Okay, let’s begin with some points of agreement: 1) Common Core has been a disaster; 2) No Child Left Behind is better labeled as “No Child Allowed to Learn”; 3) the mania for testing children repeatedly,

What prize does a rain-cloud get, just for showing up? ... wait for it ... ... almost there ... ... give up? A precipitation trophy!

We knew this in the friggin' '60s, man! Agent Orange (aka 'dioxin') has just been remarketed as Roundup! No different from vioxx or how many drugs?

I am Amazed it took HGTV this long to grab this oppty; is there no vision in the place? With all the "reality shows" now, along with the nostalgia for the culture of the '60s, '70s, '80s (anytime

Entrepreneurial venture: (Steve Schallu(sp?) on Kennedy) -- Make the Trump star an auction/raffle/contest venue; shovel-ready jobs, destroying it and restoring it ... Meanwhile (other guest, somewhat

This is the absolutely final edit of "(Whattaya Gonna Do) When Peace Breaks Out?"

I once actually had the pleasure of meeting and even talking one-to-one with the recently “crossed-over” Harlan Ellison. It was fall of 1975 (or maybe spring 1976?), and the woman I now refer to as “my

Some up some down ... I love what Ray Barnes did to create a video for my song, "(Whattaya Gonna Do) When Peace Breaks Out?" If hyou have not seen it yet, please take a look. (I have come to

by Steve Trinward I really did not think it would come to this, but I believe it is time to declare war (in self-defense, of course) on the Tennessee Election Commission thugs … Their latest autocratic

by Steve Trinward It has been said recently, by many people, that we are in the midst of a major paradigm shift. (Scott Adams calls it a Golden Age.) If you live in Nashville, or many parts of Tennessee,

Well I made it! I show up in the background at the Bingo scene (far right of screen), just before the lady jumps up (beside Maddie and Jonas) screaming "Bingo!" (Nashville, season 6, episode

Had a discussion earlier tonight, in which two things came to light: 1) Steemit and similar things are attempting to fill the gap that has always existed in worker collectives: they forget that any enterprise

I decided to try this again; I guess it got lost in the holiday shuffle? Hard to believe it disappeared so completely.

The following article is based on a series of interviews I conducted back in 1981. The assignment was initially commissioned by a major libertarian periodical (which shall go nameless), but when I submitted

The other point I wanted to make is the amendment that did not pass the Senate’s standards, introduced by Sens. Marco Rubio and Mike Lee. They proposed a reform to the Child Credit procedure, aimed at

I have seen two things of interest in all the current debate over “tax reform”: a commentary at that compares the House and Senate versions (and misses the point on at least half of the differences, and

I got another inspiration from a minister recently; actually, it was a metaphor. In a lesson about “Success Strategies,” Rev. Michael Woody, co-minister (with his wife Dyann) of the Music City Center for

As a longtime, fairly hardcore libertarian, this year I have felt like I’m stuck between Scylla and Charybdis. On the one hand, I am supposed to be horrified that once again the Libertarian Party has picked