By Dan on Feb 17, 2008 in Blog, Music, SJ-R, nonsense | 1 Comment
My Sunday AM column today is a rebuke to those who think red lights are for running. In the interest of fairness, I wanted to post a video of the Replacement’s doing their song, Run It, to provide a counterpoint to my position. I couldn’t find it so here’s Kids Don’t Follow off of the [...]
By Dan on Jan 20, 2008 in SJ-R | 2 Comments
My column in the SJ-R today takes a look at how the diamond industry is peddling their wares by proposing the offensive notion that achieving marital bliss is as easy as giving your favorite material girl an expensive ring. I decry this practice as belittling to women and suspect that the industry will be sent [...]
By Dan on Jan 10, 2008 in Blog, Politics, SJ-R | 6 Comments
Kathleen Parker had an interesting column in yesterday’s SJ-R. In it, she put forth the premise that many supporters are attracted to the idea of Barack Obama, the hope and change and all that, rather than to the man himself, who Parker finds somewhat unidentifiable up to this point.
On the Democrat side of the ledger, [...]
By Dan on Nov 21, 2007 in Blog, SJ-R | 4 Comments
It’s not uncommon for a newspaper to write the obituary for a famous person while she is still alive. It seems ghoulish, but it’s actually done out of respect. They want to give a thorough and accurate account of the person’s life at the same time that they’re announcing her passing, and these things are [...]
By Dan on Sep 16, 2007 in Blog, SJ-R | 9 Comments
Here’s my latest column for the SJ-R. This is the type of hard-hitting and brave commentary that sustains a republic. Not frivolous or stupid at all.