by James Heflin | Mar 12, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
What a weird time it is among the right wingers. World Net Daily, believe it or not, is still consumed by a quixotic quest to prove, finally, once and for all, that Obama really was born in Indonesia and Kenya and is a Marxist intruder. And no, I ain't linking to...
by James Heflin | Mar 16, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
What if America was "discovered" by a Scotsman? Bring out the haggis, baby, because apparently Christopher Columbus was in fact Pedro Scotto, Italian-Scot, and had blond hair gone white, light eyes and freckles. Claiming Columbus isn't exactly something...
by James Heflin | Mar 17, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
I just discovered this gem, a 1908 novella by G.K. Chesterton, thanks to a recommendation from Jed Berry when I had the pleasure of speaking to him recently ("The Debut of a Cycling Umbrellist," March 5, 2009). The prose is densely Victorian, as if just...
by James Heflin | Mar 19, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Maybe it's because I'm reading a mystery and writing something science-fictiony right now, but this sounds like the beginning of a very weird plot. A woman in the Bronx was hit by an arrow as she opened the passenger door of her car to let a friend out at a...
by James Heflin | Mar 23, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Someone very important to me has died unexpectedly. Harris Mills was a veteran of two of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific during World War II, Guadalcanal and the under-reported battle for the tiny island of Peleliu. The reason I bring Sergeant Mills up in a...
