The situation “on the ground”

Ya know, on the talking head shows, when they are trying to make it sound like they know the real scoop about what’s going on, they always ask some reporter who has talked to somebody who has a cousin that lives there during the summer and for some reason that person has imbibed the all […]

sunshine day

I’m not going to say much about the elections (you did vote, right? Good.) I can say fairly emphatically that I am sick to death of all the coverage – from the absolute waste of resources that is “attack ads” to every commentator on the news (and probably the Weather Channel, haven’t watched lately) giving […]

Snider and faith

This is just an excerpt from a much longer article. But I like what he says and how he says it (love his music, too, if you’ve read here very long you probably know that) One of the brightest and best voices of the Americana music scene is Todd Snider, a sharp-witted singer-songwriter who wears […]