by James Heflin | Sep 14, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I didn’t want to tune in to the long-winded televised reminders of the trauma of 9/11. The wake of that terrible event saw even the (ridiculously) maligned French declaring “We’re all Americans now,” a remarkable expression of the zeitgeist...
by James Heflin | Sep 28, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
From the “Please can I move to another planet now” file, I give you the latest release to arrive in my Inbox: INSPIRATIONAL DUO MARY MARY HELPS PILLSBURY LAUNCH FROZEN GRANDS!® BISCUIT SANDWICHES AND EGG SCRAMBLES™ Multi-Grammy Award-Winning Duo...
by James Heflin | Sep 30, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Granted, I go all wobbly-kneed at the mention of a new Tom Waits album, but the brand new Bad As Me is fantastic. Its ballads sound a lot like many another Waits ballad–never bad, but not really breaking new ground. Some of the upbeat pieces, though, astound...
by James Heflin | Oct 18, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Anwar Al-Awlaki was a jihadist who clearly had to be dealt with. Al-Awlaki was also an American citizen, killed by his own government without due process. With his death, he gained a terrible victory: proving that we as a nation are not in fact a nation of laws, but...
by James Heflin | Oct 28, 2011 | Ten Gallon Liberal
When you look at the stars, you probably know what you’re seeing, or at least you think so. If your sky-gazing needs a bit of extra mystery, nature seems to have provided it: Oct 18, 2011: NASA’s Fermi team recently released the second catalog of gamma-ray...
