Final downhold: Trailblazing ex-UPI White House reporter Helen Thomas dead at 92
Some have quipped Helen Thomas is probably now landing an exclusive interview with God. I pray my former UPI colleague doesn’t run into any access problems.
Tag: Politics
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul speaks out against not-so-secret-anymore phone record surveillance by the NSA
Rand Paul loves liberty, Verizon loves its customers and the National Security Agency thinks my sister’s a terrorist. Or something like that.
Welcome to Thunderdome, I mean Fancy Farm: My first visit to Kentucky’s premier political event
Pork may be king in the world of Kentucky politics, but it takes a back seat to mutton on the first Saturday of each August in Fancy Farm, Ky.
Courting Tea Party support, first 2011 GOP ticket for KY governor announced
Courting Tea Party support, Louisville businessman Phil Moffett announced his GOP candidacy for governor of Kentucky today in Lexington. I covered it.
Imaginary State of the Union
This imaginary/alternate State of the Union address meme was sent around as an email forward in 2006. And it’s funny.
Postal disservice
The United States Postal Service is making money but the federal government isn’t. Clearly, we can’t let this happen.
A protocol lapse of nucular proportion
President George W. Bush’s snubbing of UPI White House reporter Helen Thomas, dame of the Washington press corps, is not cool.
My Fellow Americans
I love My Fellow Americans, a 1996 political movie starring James Garner and Jack Lemmon.
