The LA Times recently published a piece that pronounced the recent rash of Hollywood Executives to be shown the door the best slasher story in years. The LA Times of course left out the second best slasher story, that being all of the slashing that went on at the LA Times, but that would be [...]
Category Archives: Opinion
IRAN
Several months ago I wrote in a downtownster blog that Iran was seeking to develop nuclear weapons – unequivocally. I went on to say that sanctions would not cause the Iranian government to halt their development of a nuclear weapon. I did not mention the not so well kept secret of the uranium enrichment facility [...]
Retreat to Advance
Have you ever experienced intense frustration trying to recall something?
Perhaps it is the name of someone you want to call. Sometimes it is a tune that is dancing around your mind just out of memory’s reach. There was an item that my wife asked me to pick up at the store. “Write it down so [...]
STATE OF RACE
Over the weekend the state of race relations in America came to mind…Seventy-five thousand protestors marched against President Obama’s agenda…Serena Williams had a meltdown at the U.S. Open…Kanye West went thug at the MTV Video Music Awards…And I attended my friend Kim’s Gospel Brunch in Beverly Hills. All of these events, except for my brunch, [...]
IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME?
My writing has come to span a variety of topics. And because one can never truly know what lies beyond the next door I, on occasion, write about what was once reserved for my most personal of conversations—politics and business. You see, I admittedly have a passion for both subjects, but in the ideal sense; [...]
Burkhalter And Guns
I have been around firearms all of my life, in fact, I owned my first rifle and shotgun before I was in kindergarten! I grew up in a home where firearms were a daily thing and readily available and we NEVER had an accident even with cousins and friends coming in and out of the [...]
Angel On A Motorcycle
Have you ever been in a situation where you found yourself calling on your guardian angel? If you’ve seen active military service, I probably know your answer. Most who have experienced danger answer in the affirmative. This is hardly surprising.
A 2008 Baylor University study showed that more than half of all Americans claim to have [...]
Las Vegas or Disneyland?
Well it’s really on now. In the shadow of the Prive’ fines, the Gaming Board has announced it is in full audit of around 9 venues in Las Vegas. This has the rest of the sheep nervous and the smaller clubs are starting to crack down. It will be very soon that we will all [...]
WRITE SOMETHING ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON PLEASE
I received a text message from one of my sources at 3:00 pm that Michael Jackson, often called the King of Pop, was dead. This was fifteen minutes before the official declaration and by 3:30 pm the calls, text messages, and emails asking me to write something were rolling in. My initial response to all [...]
How To Be A Wise Guy–Thought Tools
Ninety years ago, in June 1919, World War I officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. French field marshal, Ferdinand Foch, famously said, “This is not Peace. It is an Armistice for twenty years.” He was out by three months! By September 1939 France was again at war with Germany.
A year earlier, [...]
