Daily Archives: January 20, 2009

Exiled Earl Drinks Himself Into Early Grave


Exiled Earl Drinks Himself Into Early Grave


The inhabitants of Big Spring awoke on Jan. 14, 1885, to the sobering fact that the party was over now that their boozy benefactor had finally drunk himself to death.


Thirty-six years earlier, Joseph Heneage Finch was born into the good life of the English aristocracy. His father was the sixth Earl of Aylesford, which made Heneage the seventh in the series if he succeeded in outliving his sire.


In late 1874, Heneage began hanging around with none other than the Prince of Wales. The future King Edward VII would not inherit the throne for 37 years, so he passed the time drinking, womanizing, and hunting. Since those happened to be Heneage

Dissecting Obama


Dissecting Obama

How To Draw President George W. Bush


How To Draw President George W. Bush


Political cartoonists are not much different from comic strip cartoonists; both draw an ongoing daily soap opera featuring a regular cast of characters. While comic strip cartoonists invent their own characters, the political cartoonist

Letters To The Editor


To The Editor:


I wrote the following letter to my hometown paper (the Columbus Dispatch) and wanted to share it with the people of Crawford.


Though I realize I am in the minority

Biblical Plague: Arabs vs. Jews, Jews vs. Arabs in the Promised Land


Biblical Plague: Arabs vs. Jews, Jews vs. Arabs in the Promised Land


Most Americans (including U.S. leaders) don

Angry? Don


Angry? Don

Wise Up, World


Wise Up, World


OK, folks. Here

A New Beginning


A New Beginning


This is it.


The week so many of us have waited and worked for with anxiety, trepidation, and yes, hope.


America takes a turn down a new highway, as we leave the darkness behind and head straight for the brilliance of a new light.


Not the thousand points of light toward which we were misdirected nearly 20 years previous; rather, the light that shines with the luster of 69.5 million American voters.


This week, on January 20 2009, we

How Do You Want To Be Remembered?


How Do You Want To Be Remembered?


A while back, somebody quite wise

Barack Obama Is NOT Your Messiah


Barack Obama Is NOT Your Messiah


As Uncle Hugh used to say, “Reform just means bigger jails.”


Wow, don

Let History Be The Fudge


Let History Be The Fudge


Who is this “History” fella, and who appointed him to be a judge? Republicans from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Labor Secretary Elaine Chao keep referring to this guy like he is the only one who has the power to gauge how George W. Bush

Cell Phones Plus Driving Equals Death: Safety Group


WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jews Outraged Over Israeli Attacks On Gaza


NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.

Bush Rejects Beach Bum Lifestyle


WASHINGTON, D.C.

Joe

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Say Farewell To Dubya With Crawford Doc


AUSTIN, Texas

Shutter To Hoodwink


WASHINGTON, D.C.

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