American country musician (born 1933)
Joel Stein‘s latest “Awesome Column” for TIME examines the recent revelation that many federal government workers are “nonessential.” [I]t can’t be great for your organization when the government shutdown forces…
I knew — I mean flat knew — what #1 would be. Not an 0-fer list, even if a totally expected one. Of course, not a trace of Iron Maiden,…
Triangle radio listeners had a chance to hear analysis this week from Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach. Gray and WTSB’s Carl Lamm discussed the WikiLeaks controversy,…
All kinds of wrong here. First, understand that the Border Patrol runs its own TSA-like operations across the Southwest — throwing up “checkpoints” across federal interstates to harass US citizens…
Willie Nelson tells TIME he doesn?t ?know what the Tea Party is,? but he does have some interesting thoughts about what it means to be an American: America, to me,…
And that he hates me. XM Radio dropped a new station list on the world today — one that includes a Grateful Dead channel. And a Jam Band channel (bit…
Last night Barack Obama won Maine and a Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for “The Audacity Of Hope: Thoughts On Reclaiming The American Dream.” He must be delighted that…
Surprised nobody’s mentioned Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias. Willie also teamed with Ray Charles, twice. Not unlikely, but painful, were the pairings of Paul McCartney with Stevie Wonder and Michael…
Matt, chill dude. I just don’t like the guy. Never have. Never will. That’s part of free expression, too. I don’t like Willie Nelson or Mellencamp either, their campaigning for…
Thought I’d share some snippets of conversation I overheard at the DNC this week: “Do you know the difference between the ‘honored guest’ and ‘special guest’ badge?” – One teenage…