Bubba Watson reveals the future of golf

By Tom Quiner Modern golf equipment has taken golf to new levels. Golfers can hit the ball farther and straighter to bring a golf course to its knees. A good amateur golfer of today wielding a Big Bertha would make a Ben Hogan of yesterday with his ‘wood’ woods (as opposed to today’s ‘metal’ woods) look like…

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Positive TV ad for Gary Johnson may get him into the debates

By Tom Quiner I am not endorsing the Libertarian candidates above. Nor am I discounting them. I have major disagreements with them on issues like human abortion, marriage, and foreign policy. Those disagreements are so large that it is highly unlikely I could ever pull the lever for a Libertarian Party candidate. But I like…

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Is the Trump campaign stupid, lazy, or simply arrogant?

I watched Mrs. Trump’s speech last night.

Very nice. A glamor girl was humanized. I believe but a small percentage of voters are swayed by a prospective First Lady, with the exception of Hillary Clinton (who certainly repelled many).

But in all, last night’s prime time speech by Melania Trump was a net gain … until this morning. It was all undone by…

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“Why are we watching PBS?”

By Tom Quiner I ran upstairs to clean up the kitchen during a break in the Republican Convention. When I came down, my wife told me that Gwen Ifell said, “well, Republicans were able to find a black sheriff to speak who is actually conservative.” That’s it. Back to Fox News.

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Republican Party invocation

By Tom Quiner Beautiful invocation by a Catholic priest at tonight’s Republican Convention. So counter-cultural. So true. Trust Christ. Protect the poor and the aliens in our midst. The faithful in the convention hall had their heads bowed with respect, solemnity, and reverence for God. God bless America.  

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