Bud Schulberg wrote The Harder They Fall in 1947 – an expose` of the crooked business of Professional Boxing. It was made into a movie in 1956 – Bogie’s last film. The title comes from the saying, "the bigger they are, the harder they fall" or "the higher they rise, the harder they fall." The […]
Neo Culpa I remember sitting with Richard Perle in his suite at London’s Grosvenor House hotel and receiving a private lecture on the importance of securing victory in Iraq. "Iraq is a very good candidate for democratic reform," he said. "It won’t be Westminster overnight, but the great democracies of the world didn’t achieve the […]
I’ll not document the fragments of stories rolling around about the Ted Haggard story. The gist of things is that the accuser didn’t come out of the lie detector test looking like a boy scout – nor did Pastor Ted. Ted Haggard is saying he had a massage from the guy and bought some Methamphetamine […]
Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, now Ted Haggard – the question is "why does it work?" In 2000 and 2004, this group of people actually elected a President of the United States, a man as flawed and unsuited for his job as they are. I’m not actually sure I know how it works, but I do […]
Ted Haggart, one of those evangelical types with a megachurch in Colorado Springs is being outed as having a three year Gay relationship with a homosexual prostitute. What’s with these guys, anyway? Sounds downright Freudian – reaction formation in the specific… Gay escort claims sex tryst with preacher A former gay male escort claims he […]
If you live in the country like we do, any kind of meeting you go to at all is held in some church, because that’s the only places there are for meetings. Tonight I was in a small independent evangelical church in a remodelled house. On the way to the room for the meeting, I […]
Bush and Prayer Talk about motivating the base. Bush sat down for an interview with Melissa Charbonneau of the Christian Broadcasting Network yesterday. Charbonneau: "What’s your prayer for the nation?" Bush: "My prayer is for peace. My prayer is that this world be peaceful, so children can grow up understanding the benefits of freedom. "Let […]
Military Charts Movement of Conflict in Iraq Toward Chaos A classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the United States Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict. A one-page slide shown at the Oct. 18 briefing provides a rare glimpse […]
Foley staying longer at Tucson rehab Former Rep. Mark Foley, who resigned over sexually explicit messages sent to male congressional pages, is remaining in treatment for alcoholism beyond his initial 30-day stay, his attorney said Wednesday. Foley checked into a 30-day treatment program at the Sierra Tucson center near Tucson on Oct. 1. There was […]
It’s a beautiful autumn here in the Georgia Mountains. The leaves have turned and started to fall, so the forest floor is carpeted with red and gold. There’s a chill in the mornings, with warm afternoons. This view is from the Tennesse border looking southwest towards where we live. As for the elections, we’ve voted. […]