NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
… first looked west from Cumberland Gap into what is now Kentucky on this date in 1769. The Kentucky Historical Society celebrates June 7 as “Boone Day.” Boone was not the first person through Cumberland Gap; he wasn’t even the first European-American. He was, however, instrumental in blazing a trail, which became known as the [...]
Hispanic Business Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
T. Boone Pickens says he's ready to give up partisan politics if it means weaning the country off foreign oil. Mr. Pickens once gave millions to a group that undermined U.S. Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam War service and offered $1 million to anyone who could prove that the Swift Boat group's charges against the presidential candidate were false....
The PopCrunch Show (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Exhumations are fairly rare events. Generally when someone is buried and gone, they stay buried, but from time to time events dictate that a body must be brought from the grave. This seems to happen even more often with the famous, for a variety of reasons. Here is our list of the 30 most famous [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Children to Learn History for Free at Pennsylvania's 24 Historical Sites Throughout Month HARRISBURG, Pa., July 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission is offering a cheap and easy way for families to prepare their children for back to school: free admission at its 24 historical sites this August. "A study from the Johns Hopkins University Center for Summer...
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Kid and Hef, two old-timer felons, shame CSI with their collection of crime dramas (which includes a "bitchslapping" Perry Mason)
Power Line (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008 | Politics
Andrew Breitbart helps hold down the fort at the Drudge Report while running Breitbart.com . He observes the entertainment industry from his home in the Los Angeles area. In a terrific Washington Times column , Andrew decries the existence of the new Hollywood blacklist. Comparing the old Hollywood blacklist with the new, Andrew has previously observed : My father-in-law, Orson Bean, an author, comedian...
Big East Basketball Report (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
July 15, 2008 Doug Ferguson of the NBE Basketball Report has his list of the top players at the Lebron James Skills Academy from last week. There is a top 20 ranking of the class of 2009 players that attended the camp and a top 10 ranking of underclassmen in attendance based on his viewing: Class of 2009 1) Demarcus Cousins/C/6-11/269/LeFlore HS/Mobile, AL Staying in home state to play at
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
January Magazine and The Rap Sheet have both been quite complimentary in the past of novels by Southern California author Don Winslow, including California Fire and Life (1999) and The Power of the Dog (2005). But critic Cameron Hughes opines that Winslow has succeeded in setting his own literary bar higher with The Dawn Patrol. “[T]his new book,” he writes, “is one of the best private eye novels
Environmental Capital (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
As oil prices again flirt with records, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration hustles to revise upward its forecasts for the price of oil and gas, the peak oil camp seems to win more converts every day. Even veteran oilmen like T. Boone Pickens say the era of easy oil is over. Just don't tell [...]
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 06/29/2008
You never know what to expect from Don Winslow. This time it's a fine novel about San Diego and the city's surf culture, with a couple of mysteries thrown in. Boone Daniels is an ex-cop, now a part-time p.i., who's devoted to surfing. A beautiful lawyer wants to hire Daniels just at the time a big surge is going to bring the best waves ever. Daniels doesn't want to take the job, but of course he needs...
Posie Gets Cozy (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
So, I had this idea, a loose dress for cool summer nights. . . . I was just thinking, like, North Woods, cabin on the lake, marshmallow roasting, you know, as you do when you are gonna chill out and...
Red State (Free subscription) | 06/17/2008 | Politics
I do believe that I am gobsmacked: Think the Gender War Is Over? Think Again By SUSAN FALUDI FOR months, our political punditry foresaw one, and only one, prospective gender contest looming in the general election: between the first serious female presidential candidate and the Republican male “warrior.” But those who were dreading a plebiscite on sexual politics shouldn’t celebrate just yet. Hillary...
Hankblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
“The Art Gallery” is a wonderful MGM cartoon from 1939 by the American animator and cartoonist, Frederick Bean “Tex” Avery (1908-1980). Tex Avery was a maverick who bristled at the “cartoon realism” that was popularized by the Disney Studios. He created an elastic world that followed no known laws of physics or [...]
DMI Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
Anybody following immigration issues has probably heard of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, better known as Sheriff Joe. Working in Maricopa County, Arizona, the Sheriff has rounded up thousands of undocumented immigrants (he's is keeping a tab on his website) for minor...
Business Opportunities Weblog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
JohnsonCityPress: Derrick Bristol used to run off screens for silky smooth jumpers. Now he’s silkscreening. The former Science Hill basketball player is owner of Connect Game, Inc., an internet clothing and sports apparel business. A large percentage of his business is derived from dealing with local high schools athletic programs. Bristol said he deals with Dobyns-Bennett, [...]
