President Obama has made General Casimir Pulaski, a Pole who fought for us in the Revolutionary War, an honorary citizen of the United States. In other words, a man who fought for our freedom has been honored by a man who is trying to take it away.
Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on [...]
Archive for the 'Human Interest' Category
Irony
November 7, 2009A view into the realm of pure evil
November 3, 2009I can’t wait to see what’s in this guy’s memoirs.
Final Member of Hitler’s Inner Circle Dies at 96 – International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News – FOXNews.com
Big dog
October 7, 2009ND woman’s 7-foot-long dog could be record holder – Yahoo! News
I miss her
October 7, 2009Laura Bush appears to be enjoying life outside the White House. I don’t blame her. I would, too. But I sure do miss her and George. Really miss them. A lot.
In her talk, Mrs. Bush confessed that life changed the minute she departed Washington, and while there are a few things she really misses, first and foremost [...]
If you’re looking to get away from it all
September 25, 2009The island of Tristan da Cunha has been named the most remote spot on earth.
What’s the most remote inhabited location on Earth? A place called Tristan da Cunha. The approximately 270 residents of this archipelago see a mail ship only once a year. Tristan da Cunha is located at 37 South and 12 West, 1,242 [...]
Riches, to rags, to family man
September 8, 2009My pro bono research assistant put me onto an article on former University of Memphis star David Vaughn, who played for the Tigers from 1991 until 1995. He was a first-round NBA selection by the Orland Magic, but never really made it big in the NBA. He played for three years in Europe following four [...]
Moving your furniture in would be a problem
August 26, 2009NYC’s ’skinniest’ house has fat price tag: $2.7M – Yahoo! News
Wish I could have seen this
August 21, 2009‘Blink and you’ll miss it’: World record firework display fails after all 110,000 go off at once
Beale Street Flippers
July 28, 2009I had never heard of this bunch until my unpaid research assistant sent me the story. I just love stories like this:
The little boy stands in the middle of the street, bare-chested, emotionless, staring into a space cleared out in front of him. He’s 9 years old, but his stocky, sienna body seems precociously muscular, [...]
If those walls could talk
July 13, 2009A Wilson County resident is in the process of restoring a 180-year-old cabin. Imagine that. A home right here in Wilson County that was built around 1829. That means it survived the Civil War.
Floyd, a teacher, is renovating a 180-year-old cabin on Holloway Road.
A neighborhood activist in Nashville, Floyd has seen development overrun many historic [...]
The green lifestyle
July 13, 2009I don’t want to seem like I’m making fun of homeless people living in tents. There are many people out there who have fallen on hard times, and my heart goes out to them. At the same time, though, I couldn’t read this story without thinking this is how the global warming authoritarians would have us all [...]
One reason why I’ll be keeping my domain registration with GoDaddy.com
July 6, 2009GoDaddy.com has put together a moving tribute to the U.S.A. for this year’s July 4th. I didn’t know this until reading Michelle Malkin’s post, but GoDaddy.com was founded by decorated Vietnam veteran Bob Parsons. Apparently, he’s quite the patriotic type. Good for him and his company.
Happy Independence Day!
Rock stars who died too young
June 27, 2009I am fascinated by the history and evolution of rock music, especially the various people who made contributions to rock-and-roll as a form of art. What is troublesome are the disproportionate number of famous musicians who died prematurely, often (but not always) as a result of their own excesses. Michael Jackson certainly wasn’t the first. The most [...]
The Price of Peace
June 3, 2009Here’s one to warm your heart. The Gaddis Sisters wrote and recorded a song for their father while he was deployed serving you and I in the military. This has got to be one cool dad.
NATIONALGUARD.com | The Price of Peace – Gaddis Sisters.
Right Minded declares June “Heterosexual Monogamy Pride Month”
June 3, 2009Obama declares June ‘LGBT Pride Month’ (OneNewsNow.com).
A human spell-checker
May 29, 2009The annual National Spelling Bee came to an end yesterday with a 13-year-old fron Kansas taking home the loot.
Kavya became the seventh Indian-American in 11 years to claim the title, including back-to-back winners who want to be neurosurgeons. Her role model is the one who started the run: 1999 winner Nupur Lala, who was featured [...]
Liberated
May 24, 2009President Bush says a heavy burden has been lifted since he left the Oval Office. That’s an understatement.
It was a humbling moment for the former commander in chief: President George W. Bush was walking former first dog Barney in his new Dallas neighborhood when it stopped in a neighbor’s yard for relief.
“And there I was, [...]
The Raven
May 20, 2009ESPN ran a special on Sports Center a couple of days ago on a Miami man, Robert “The Raven” Kraft, who has run eight miles a day, every day, for more than 34 years. That’s 104,000 miles. This is one of the most remarkable examples of perseverence I’ve ever seen.
ESPN – OTL: Everlasting Run – [...]
I qualify for two out of three
May 18, 2009Happiness Is … Being Old, Male and Republican.
Rugged individualism
April 14, 2009With so many Americans apparently willing to fork over their individual rights and liberties to the government these days, it’s heartwarming to see that some individuals still take the bull by the horns without relying on President Obama and the Democrats to spoon-feed them everything.
The retired jet pilot, Joe Cabuk, was unconscious. And though White [...]
