I’m not totally sure which principles really matter any more. But, this man surely did. And his commitment to them affected culture. Truett Cathy founder and chairman of Chick-fil-A. (March 14, 1921 – September 8, 2014) Performed by theipoetlaureate. Music produced by Harulduz7. Lyrics here. Today’s blong here: [wpaudio url=”http://www.ipoetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Not-on-Sunday.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”Not on Sunday (An […]
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Superlative
Truthfully, I’ve read maybe 250 pages of Long Walk to Freedom’s 750 or so. But, between the movie Invictus and this meat pie I had once, I’m pretty sure I can fill in the gaps. Plus my brother-in-law is a South African ex-pat and so that makes me almost native by the commutative property of […]
JoePa
It’s just an impossible thing that one of the most revered figures in college football would essentially lose it all in the wake of a child abuse scandal and possible cover-up and then die of cancer within months. It’s a sad day for everyone. Although he made what was likely a severe, severe mistake in […]
Camp 22
It’s easy to Team America mock the Dear Leader. He looked and behaved a fool. And, it’s a credit to the complexity of the human psyche that, merely as a function of physical and emotional distance, we so easily dismember the comedy of a totalitarian murderer from the tragedy he imposed. Kim Jong Il operated […]
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