The Idle American

For many decades, football-loving men gathered in coffee shops to dissect the previous Friday night’s schoolboy football games. There was more dissecting than coffee-drinking. Many may not have realized it, but those games— won, lost or tied—helped to unify community spirit.

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Gun Control Hits a Wall in Colorado

from The Colorado Springs Gazette Gun-control measures enacted in Boulder County, Colorado, have been placed on hold by the federal courts. They were left in doubt by a recent U.S.

Capital Highlights

Speaker opposes drive to end tenure House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, said Friday he opposes a push by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to end tenure for new professors at the state’s public universities and to revoke it for faculty who teach critical race theory, the Austin American- Statesman reported.

The 'Woke' Movement Lowers Our Standards

from The Colorado Springs Gazette In 'woke' culture, good is bad and bad is good. Before we get to junk food, consider a few other examples in the news: —Society increasingly legalizes illicit drugs and promotes them as treatments for pain, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The Idle American

Umpteen years ago, I entitled a speech—cleverly I thought at the time-”From Adam’s Rib to Women’s Lib.” I provided more details than audiences wanted to know, explaining that with such an expansive title, maybe I wouldn’t wander too far off track.

No Apologies

Performers censor themselves -- fearing they might offend. Those who offend Hollywood lose work. Some lose friends. Adam Carolla doesn't care. That's why he's the subject of my video this week. Carolla is one the most successful performers in America. His books are bestsellers.

Capital Highlights

Hispanic Texans likely largest demographic group The U.S. Census Bureau released its latest estimate, which indicates Hispanic residents in Texas make up more of the state’s population than white residents.

Biden's Sneaky Censors

'Tech platforms are notoriously opaque,' the White House complained last week, saying Americans deserve to know more about how online forums decide 'when and how to remove content from their sites.

The Idle American

I, as well as most others who string words together, will never be confused with Robert Frost, the poetry genius from whose pen flowed marvelous words about his beloved New England. One of his best—published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1915— was “The Road Not Taken.