What is it with Republican presidential candidates queuing up to seek Donald Trump’s blessings as if he were the friggin’ Pope?! Last week Rick Perry ascended the stairs of his gilded, eponymously named tower in NYC for this purpose; Mitt Romney is scheduled to do the same next week; and Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann… Read more.
Archives for February 2012
Don Cornelius, creator and host of ‘Soul Train,’ is dead
And you can bet your money, it’s all gonna be a stone gas, honey! The above are the signature sign-off words Don Cornelius intoned in silky baritone to entice viewers to tune in to the next episode of Soul Train, the iconic music and dance show that aired from October 1971 to March 2006, making… Read more.
Romney out-disses Newt to win Florida
I’m on record dismissing this whole Republican nomination process as nothing more than a farcical sojourn towards the inevitable anointing of Mitt Romney as the nominee. He may not send a thrill up and down the spine of the Tea Partiers and religious (anti-Mormon) nuts who comprise the base, but there are enough sensible people… Read more.