And we’re not even referring to his past felonies. From US News & World Report: Akbar then linked to a story about Donehue, which noted that before he began working for Sanford, Donehue had publicly called the former South Carolina governor a “piece of human [sh#t].” The back-and-forth didn’t go much further before a moderator [...]
It ain’t Ali Akbar, folks. From my Examiner column yesterday: Legendary East Bay alternative rock band Veil of Ashes, which shared the stage with musical luminaries such as Chris Isaak, the Call, Psychedelic Furs, Social Distortion a 4 Non-Blondes during its active years of the late 1980s through mid-1990s, has released its first new album [...]
Smitty, who blogs at The Other McCain, was kind enough to share his thoughts here about one of my recent posts. Much appreciated. A few observations in regard to his comments: It’s worth noting that I’m not about evangelization. It’s not my calling. I’m about edification and exhorting people to return to the faith. I’ve [...]
It’s an odd world in which we live these days, one in which actions speak volumes while volumes are being spoken that collectively, to paraphrase Shakespeare, are a tale spoken by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Fans of Cephas Hour are rejoicing that the Call, with the late and deeply lamented [...]
It’s been a rough weekend for artists whose music appears on Cephas Hour. First, Carey Womach, who was the lead singer in One Bad Pig, unexpectedly lost his mom on Saturday. Sunday saw Riki Michele from Adam Again saying goodbye to her sister after she lost her battle with illness, and as I write this [...]
In Frank Capra’s classic film Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, one that is mandatory viewing for all lovers of America and haters of corrupt politics plus media, there is a scene during the movie’s climax in which Jimmy Stewart’s character is on the Senate floor confronting false charges brought by those who brought him to [...]
I spent some time this evening chatting on Facebook with a friend from high school. It was good, reminiscing about old times and bemoaning pieces of musical equipment we once owned that are now worth thousands of dollars. Ah well. We are all entitled to be young and stupid once. The shared laughter helped to, [...]
When we last looked in on convicted felon Ali Akbar, he was bathing in butthurt and hiding behind cheap shots over yet another round of unanswered questions concerning his fundraising practices in regard to the National Bloggers Club. Unfortunately for our one-time incarcerated and now self-proclaimed intrepid warrior, the big bad meanies have yet to [...]
The 20th century American poet and historian Carl Sandburg penned a short poem titled Offering and Rebuff: I could love you as dry roots love rain. I could hold you as branches in the wind brandish petals. Forgive me for speaking so soon. *** Let your heart look on white sea spray and be lonely. [...]
As opposed to the Ali Akbar kind. But I digress. In my last post, I made the case for laying down differences and coming to each other’s aid when one of us is in need. The post was written in part as a response to the situation Lee Stranahan faced on Twitter the other day [...]