Read MoreJust now, I went and looked up the word “maverick.”
The definition is as follows: “an unorthodox or independent-minded person.”
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has been labeled a “maverick” off and on during much of his four decades in public life.
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We can’t help but be shaped by the experiences of our youth and the events of our past.
Last week in the heart of one of America’s poshest zip codes, a consecrated bronze memorial to Robert E. Lee was chiseled from its sturdy granite foundation. Unencumbered, then it was chained to a giant crane and hoisted upwards into the bright blue Texas September sky. Next, the bulky wrath of ire was loaded onto a reinforced flatbed truck. Ultimately, the disruptive shrine and controversial symbol which instilled pride in some and to many others epitomized overt racism, discrimination, and hate was carted away to its final resting place somewhere outside the city, presumably never to return again.
Here’s the story of a neighborhood, a park, and a statue. It’s never too late to do the right thing.
Read MoreMy unplanned detour off Northwest Highway onto the oil-stained parking slick fronting Keller’s Drive-In prompted a most peculiar of culinary quandaries.
Namely — should I risk my life for a hamburger?
Read MoreDeep down, I do think most people are good people. I believe most people want to help others when they can. Despite our differences, I’m convinced that most people want to help their neighbors and fellow citizens in times of crisis — even those they do not know.
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When you see advertisements with scumbags driving luxury cars, fanning wads of cash, and surrounded by sexy girls — run in the opposite direction. They’re crooks. All of them.
The truth is — successful sports handicappers don’t call attention to themselves. They don’t toss around $100 bills like confetti for the cameras. They don’t hang out in Las Vegas nightclubs. Real sports handicappers work their asses off — because that’s what it takes to win.
Read MoreSo, you don’t trust the mainstream media? Read this.
Westgate has decided they’re going to defy all this pessimism and strike out on their own. Poker rooms might be closing down elsewhere, but Westgate is determined to blaze its own trail and become a success, some might say, against the odds.
On “Southern Heritage.”
If you believe a “heritage” that committed traitorous acts against the United States of America costing 620,000 precious lives during a hellish military struggle that was fought to preserve a perverted economic system based on keeping people in chains is worth honoring and defending — there’s not just something wrong with your heritage — there’s something wrong with you.
Read MoreErsatz Experts Spewing Nonsense on North Korea:
A By-the-Decades Look as to Why the United States Had Few Other Options in Dealing With the World’s Emerging Nuclear Pariah
A timeline of U.S.-North Korea relations
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