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Apologies if this has already been posted, but I searched and didn't find.If you've never read Bill Whittle's blog Eject! Eject! Eject! you are missing out. In fact, "you are missing out" severely understates the case. I am not exaggerating when I say he is one of the best writers I've ever read. He would surely dispute this, and perhaps even be offended by the comparison, but he is Mark Twain for our era. We are blessed by him; a writing talent such as his comes along once in a generation... if a generation is lucky.If you've never read Bill...

Given recent revelations in the news regarding the 'Left' doing everything possible to suppress the contents of the "Barrett Report", I seriously doubt that the  perfect irony  of the below news photo... (and the included original Reuters caption immediately below it) ...will be lost on ANYONE.   http://www.seadogbytes.com/sbimages/HillaryHonest.jpg  

Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will steal your HONOR. That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse. -Mark Twain

By PJ Piccirillo CNSNews.com Commentary March 25, 2005 Terri Schiavo may be dead by the time you read this. But as I think of her today, as I probably will afterward, if she dies, something that Mark Twain wrote about the Mississippi River comes to mind. In Life On the Mississippi, Twain looks back to his boyhood when the world was new and he first met the river, when he "drank it in, in a speechless rapture." He recalled a sunset brightening it to gold while a solitary log cut through the gilt, leaving a sparkling wake. Out of the...

They heat up the concert stage when they perform for legions of screaming fans, and they steam up the small screen with their music videos. Who are these country music hotties,...

RENTON, Wash. - Renton schools have temporarily pulled "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" from the high school reading list because of complaints from a black family. The district will give teachers extra training before bringing the book back to classrooms. Renton High School Senior Calista Phair says she can't read a book that degrades her and her culture. Renton's curriculum director, Ed Sheppard, says a group of teachers will re-examine Mark Twain's classic and determine how they can teach it in a culturally sensitive manner. Phair's grandmother, Beatrice Clark, says that's not enough. She intends to bring the issue before...

Mark Twain, who knew it well, once called the Mississippi River "the body of the nation," and indeed its muddy water has been the lifeblood of commerce and communication for much of the past two centuries. 2003 will mark the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's arranging to acquire the river from France as part of the Louisiana Purchase.As part of that observance, the National Geographic Society sent historians Stephen E. Ambrose (who died in October) and Douglas G. Brinkley, and photographer Sam Abell, to travel the length of the river and report back. The result is a spectacular new book,...