Phil Mickelson is famous for his inability to win in the Majors, what about the Minors? Minor League Baseball that is! Check out this story: Phil Mickelson spent time at the Buffalo Bills training camp during the PGA Championship recently. And just ast week, during the World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational, the avid sports fan was [...]
A few days ago, in a book review of The Future of Freedom, I discussed the tension between order and freedom and justice. In the New York Times Nicholas Kristof ponders this issues as well. He seems to conclude, like Fareed Zakaria, that sometimes democracy, and the chaotic freedom it brings, is not always the [...]
Prior to the advent of Tiger Woods and the popularization of golf, most players were seen as robot like, country club, rich kids, making a living playing a silly game. Golf was something wealthy, white, Republicans did. This was probably not an accurate picture then but, if it was largely true in the past, it [...]
Okay, this is a little weird: Larry Bird fired Isiah Thomas. ESPN: Bird wasted little time in making his first major move, firing Thomas on Wednesday and immediately targeting former assistant Rick Carlisle as his successor. “I just had a gut feeling this wasn’t going to work,” Bird said of a surprise move that came [...]
I have been getting these wierd messages when I try to post using MT. Here is what I get: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@kevinholtsberry.com and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you [...]
There is a great deal of discussion these days about democracy and its potential exportation to various areas of the world. Some see democracy and capitalism as the only hope for defeating terrorism and bringing peace and stability to crucial areas around the globe. Many see the action in Iraq as a step in this [...]
I just watched a fascinating edition of NOVA on PBS: Secrets, Lies, and Atomic Spies. It is about the Venona transcripts and the Soviet espionage involved in gathering atomic secrets. What really struck me was the naivete and denial of Joan Hall wife of one of the key figures Ted Hall. Ted passed intelligence information [...]
The word on the street is that OSU RB Maurice Clarett could miss six games for NCAA violations. At least that is what his Dad is saying. If it’s true and holds up, that could be a challenge for the defending National Champs. Their offense was suspect last season so they relied heavily on their [...]
Well, here is the anti-HOURS, anti-Hollywood, anti-narcissism movie. And it’s a great film — the somewhat-misleadingly titled THE SECRET LIVES OF DENTISTS. From the title, you’d expect a bizarro comic romp, and the film does give you some of that for a while. But it gradually becomes a serious, dry-eyed and, finally, romantic film about [...]
I feel like I am running up hill lately when it comes to this blog. I just don’t have any energy or motivation. I am not posting much and my hits are sinking like the proverbial stone. I thought reading some interesting books would lead to some interesting posts but instead writing book reviews seems [...]