Monthly Archives: November 2010

My friend Elizabeth Marquardt at the Institute for American Values was kind to post my recent short piece over at FamilyScholar’s blog on the Pew “marriage is going the way of the beta-max” news flurry from last week.

Princeton history professor Sean Wilentz makes an appearance HERE on Colbert to talk about his wonderful new book – Bob Dylan in America – which explores how different parts of Americana formed Dylan and vice-versy. I love his explanation of … Continue reading →

Chatting with my buddy Stuart Shepard at CitizenLink about the new Pew Report which has been reported to say marriage is obsolete. But the report tells a more complex story, and we talk about it here.

Michael Gerson, recently in his column at WaPo, said it better than I could why I could not bring myself to vote for Tom Tancredo in Colorado’s gubernatorial race. Gerson is, I believe, correctly critical of some of Sarah Palin’s … Continue reading →

I like to post about fun and interesting musical performances that strike me from time to time. This video is something some guy made to illustrate a curious song Michael Stipe recorded where he simply (but beautifully!) sings the liner … Continue reading →

From this morning’s appearance on Morning Joe stumping his new disc – National Ransom …just Elvis, a small guitar and he even whistles beautifully as part of this simple but amazing performance.