September 2010

Still on the charts? That’s crazy.

September 22, 2010

Driving across this great country of ours over the summer, I was struck by something — about two million gut-filled insects on the windshield. But I was struck by something else: What the hell’s the deal with country music these days? I know: If I don’t like it, I shouldn’t listen to it, right? But [...]

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Curse the dictators and dilettantes

September 19, 2010

You have to think that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has never seen Cabaret. Either that, or he saw it and thinks nobody else did. The Iranian president’s declaration this weekend that “the future belongs to Iran” sounds uncomfortably close to “Tomorrow Belongs to Me,” that creepy moment in Cabaret when national pride lurches suddenly into murderous nationalism, [...]

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It isn’t just Muslims who are mad

September 9, 2010
they're quite annoyed

Gather ’round, children. The witching hour approaches. It’s time for Daddy to pour himself a whiskey, throw another Koran on the fire, and relate certain tales that will make your blood run cold. Don’t start crying. I’m kidding about the tales. And the whiskey. And the Koran. Incidentally, is it Koran or Quran? It’s become [...]

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It certainly is September

September 2, 2010

It’s not fall yet, but tonight it came close. A cool wind blew through Wichita and suddenly it was in the 60s, which is not so remarkable unless you’ve spent the last few months cursing relentless runs of three-digit days. It’s like somebody finally opened a window in a very hot room: It’s now plausible [...]

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