(Great story-tellers like Charley come along once a generation. Enjoy every word of this one, I did. -Ed.)
by Charley James
Families with any luck whatsoever have a relative who is larger than life, a genuine character that leaves behind a trail of remarkable anecdotes that celebrate a life well lived. Mine was doubly blessed because we [...]

 
By Denis Campbell
We’ve celebrated for 2½ weeks and what better way to remember Jack Kennedy on this solemn day than to watch President-elect Obama’s deliberate, studious and principled leadership in action. The hard work began precisely at 11:00 pm on 04 November, healing our land and cleaning up our reputation in the world, after the [...]

 
by Charley James
Living in the Eastern Time zone, it was well after midnight before I got to bed after watching the debate and flipping the dial to see what the Commentariat would pronounce as post-debate truth, wisdom, justice and The American Way. 
As usual, all of the pundits got it all wrong: Most called it a [...]

In America’s heartland, anything that paints Barack Obama as (place your fear mongering adjective here) passes as “God’s honest truth” even when proven a lie. MSNBC reported yesterday, “Gerri Kish, (is) 66-year-old (and) born in Hawaii, read both of Obama’s autobiographies. She has close friends, she said, who still refuse to believe her when she [...]

Senator Ted Kennedy was escorted by police motorcade from Mass. General Hospital in Boston back to the Kennedy Compound in Hyannisport this afternoon. A smiling Ted waved to reporters and as he has so many times during the tragedy that seems to dog this American family, he spent his time in hospital boosting the spirits [...]