Month: June 2012

David Maraniss’ biography “Barack Obama: The Story,” is supposed to be in bookstores by June 19th. I’m very interested to read it, but I find the whole thing a bit unsettling. I imagine the feeling of...

I share Jonah Goldberg’s frustration that so many people in the electorate are stupid morons. It’s regrettable. For example: Forty-six percent of Americans believe that God created humans in their present form at one...

. June 8, 1967 off the coast Sinaï peninsula at 13.56 hours Beginning before dawn on June 8, Israeli aircraft regularly appeared on the horizon and circled the USS Liberty. The Israeli Air Force had gained control of the...

In a hundred years, who will be considered the best rock and roll band of all time, the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, or Pink Floyd? And, no, no other bands will be considered.

Hello again painting fans. For this week’s cycle I will be starting an entirely new painting.  I’m going back to Victorian Cape May in New Jersey.  I’ll be painting the late Victorian home seen in the...