Far East Cynic

More Charleston pictures

In like a lion-out like a lion? Cold today-just as it was a couple of weeks ago when we took these pictures: This is Poogan’s Porch-which is the place you want to go for an artery hardening brunch on a cold Sunday morning. The restaurant is named for the dog

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More alike than they realize…….

Our wackos are better than your wackos: The views of right-wing commentators in the grip of the paranoid style (Obama is a stealth radical, the Democrats are imposing socialism) are much closer to mainstream conservative and Republican belief than the views of their counterparts on the left (the levees in

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There goes the neighborhood……

What they have to look forward to at Camp Smith, HI soon: Like a bad dream……….that never…….goes away.

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The missing man……..

Back when we were in Charleston a couple of weeks ago, I gave the S.O. a complete tour of the Citadel campus. One of the places I dragged her into took her to was the Daniel Library. It is worth the look-see, if only for the reason that the front

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Once again……

The Hong Kong Sevens are underway. And I’m not there. One of these days………. Sigh.

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And they complain about a lousy teleprompter……

Obviously, the Sermon on the Mount is not one of the main topics of discussion in certain church in Wasilla: “So I’m looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra,” said Palin. “And the McCain campaign, love ’em, you know,

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End of the line………

The tight economy even hits the world’s oldest entrepreneurs: Tomorrow, Friday, around 6 AM, when the bartender announces last call at Fenwick, it really will be last call, as the bar will close for good, unless they win an appeal with the liquor licensing authority, which refused to renew their

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Sick…….

I was sick as a dog yesterday. Woke up about 3:30 am and began a rotating cycle between my bed and a room with porcelain fixtures in it. By the time the alarm went off I knew going to work was out of the question-unless I could drag the porcelain

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I can't follow basketball…….

However,  I can get excited about the World Baseball Classic. For two reasons actually. One, the International Baseball Federation is headed by a Citadel grad: Dr. Harvey Schiller is trying to turn one of the greatest double plays in baseball history.  As president of the International Baseball Federation, the Citadel

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I can’t follow basketball…….

However,  I can get excited about the World Baseball Classic. For two reasons actually. One, the International Baseball Federation is headed by a Citadel grad: Dr. Harvey Schiller is trying to turn one of the greatest double plays in baseball history.  As president of the International Baseball Federation, the Citadel

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