My sciatica has flared up again and I have been flat on my back for two weeks. If you have not experienced the constant, searing pain of a a pinched sciatic nerve, consider yourself lucky. The pain is some...
Monthly Archive:: September 2015
DOES HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST CONSERVATIVES?
Following my appearance on The Rick Amato program, my inbox filled with emails from concerned friends and colleges concerned that the interview – or at least the headline Rick used to promote the interview – would hurt my reputation...
HILLARY 2.0
Our friend A.F. Branco at comically incorrect, continues to knock it out of the park! After advisers (along with anyone paying even a bit of attention) decided that Hillary Clinton just wasn’t connecting with potential voters, her campaign decided...
VIGILANCE OR VENALITY
Another 9-11: Vigilance or Venality? Commentary by Sanford D. Horn September 9, 2015 Another September 11 is upon us and while the memories fade farther into the sunset, the United States finds itself in a more perilous predicament...
ALABAMA SORORITY RECRUITMENT VIDEO SPARKS OUTRAGE
The Alabama chapter of the Alpha Phi sorority created the video below in order to attract young women to their sisterhood. The video soon went viral, with many critics complaining that the video lacked diversity and was un-empowering. In...
HOLLYWOOD OKEY-DOKE
In the iconic film, “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” Mickey Rooney was cast as Audrey Hepburn’s Japanese neighbor, Mr. Yunioshi. For his over the top performance, Rooney dons a prosthetic mouthpiece giving him buck teeth, thick round glasses, and lost of...
BLACKBERRY GIN FIZZ
Blackberry Gin Fizz Thankfully, Labor Day doesn’t mean the end of BBQ’s or warm weather cookouts. There are still a few warm weekends left. In some regions of the country, there are even more than a few warm weekends...
ON LIBERALITY
Again, we are pleased to have Dr. Thomas Krannawitter share a bit of wisdom with us. ON LIBERALITY If one takes the time to read through the speeches of FDR, one of the great rhetorical sleights-of-hand that happened during...
ORIGINS OF GUMBO
Thinking about: Where the heck did Gumbo come from? The word “Gumbo” is the African term for Okra…Derived from various Bantu dialects (Southern & Central Africa). The word is one of very few African language words brought over by...