The Obligatory Peyton Manning Post
HE’S STILL THE BEST QUARTERBACK IN NFL HISTORY … As a longtime Peyton Manning man-crusher, Super Bowl XLVIII was painful for me to watch. Don’t...
Will Folks
How The Free Market Works
Like my recent piece on Detroit, this closer-to-home entry is another item that’s been on my list of stuff to write about … Over the...
Apocalypse Detroit
I’ve been meaning to write about Detroit for several months. For those of you who don’t know, my wife grew up there – one of...
JFK 50: The Fiscal Legacy
Earlier this week I wrote on the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy – arguably the most studied (yet still the most...
JFK 50: The “Parlor Game” Continues
Like many in my generation, I grew up trusting the government. I believed it stood for what America stood for – freedom, free markets, justice...
Today’s Tuneage: Interpol
Occasionally I leave the comfortable den of iniquity that is the FITSNews world headquarters and venture forth into the real world. Usually it’s to hold...
Libertarian Ideology Explored
In case you haven’t noticed, the Republican Party is dead. The fatal wound was administered in 2008 by former president George W. Bush – who...
A Pearl Jam Journey
If you’re into the who, what, when, where sort of thing … here’s a pretty typical newspaper review of Pearl Jam’s October 30, 2013 performance...
Ruben Santiago “Doesn’t Drink?”
I don’t drink. Quit seven years ago. It’s not a big deal to me, it was just something I needed to do for myself. I...
Today’s Tuneage: “Sirens”
I’m still writing my review of this week’s big Pearl Jam concert in Charlotte, N.C. but for those of you who haven’t heard the band’s...