There are very few who can 'deck the halls' like Walt Disney World® Resort does! Bringing together the traditions, excitement and yuletide fun of the holidays, Walt Disney World® Resort creates quite the backdrop to celebrate the most wonderful time of the year!
Here's a look at what's to come this holiday season!
One of the grandest ways to dive into the magic of the season is to experience Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. Not only will you get to experience a magical snowfall on Main Street, U.S.A.® and enjoy complimentary cookies and hot cocoa; you will enjoy live holiday entertainment like no other! From Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade and Holiday Wishes: Celebrate the Spirit of the Season fireworks spectacular to Mickey's Most Merriest Celebration stage show, you will be rocking around the Christmas tree all through the night!
Fans of Frozen will also be excited to know that Magic Kingdom® Park has allowed Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf to bring a little magic to the park with A Frozen Holiday Wish where they turn Cinderella Castle into a glimmering ice Palace!
If you enjoy the rich traditions of Christmas then you do not want to miss visiting Epcot® where Epcot® International Festival of the Holidays returns from November 18 to December 30, 2018. Throughout World Showcase, costumed performers will share the holiday heritage of the nations represented. If you ever wanted to experience Christmas around the world, here is your chance! Holiday kitchens will offer seasonal food & beverage from around the globe.
Don't miss the fun of Chip & Dale's Christmas Tree Spree, a scavenger hunt throughout World Showcase that ends with a special prize. Maps will be sold at select merchandise locations.
To keep in tune with the true meaning of the season, Epcot® is also home to Joyful! A Gospel Celebration of the Season and the amazing Candlelight Processional where the biblical account of Jesus' birth is retold by a celebrity narrator accompanied by a 50-piece orchestra and mass choir.
A flurry of fun will take place at Disney's Hollywood Studios® this holiday. Sunset Seasons Greetings! returns to turn he park's Sunset Boulevard into an enchanted winter wonderland from November 8 – January 6, 2019. As the sun sets, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ attraction magically transforms to tell several different holiday character stories with new laser effects and "snow." And the park's newest land will get into the holiday spirit as well, with Toy Story Land featuring season fun and new holiday songs for Alien Swirling Saucers.
Inside the Once Upon a Time shop, Santa will be greeting guests daily from November 10 to December 24 when Santa Goofy takes over starting December 25.
Also, Jingle Bell, Jingle BAM! returns for 2018 providing a Santa-sized nighttime spectacular to guests. The show will run nightly from November 8 – January 6, 2019.
Even the Walt Disney World® Resort hotels join in with the holiday magic, bringing larger than life gingerbread creations and decorations to select resort hotels. And with the chance to meet Santa Claus, feast on festive flavors, explore the Christmas Tree Trail, and enjoy seasonal shopping, there's no doubt that Disney Springs™ is the place to be this holiday season!
The best news is, there is still time to experience the beauty of the season at Walt Disney World® Resort! Contact your Magic Maker® today to start planning your last-minute celebration!
The Walt Disney World® Resort is beautifully decorated during the holidays, but some favorite sights during the holiday season are the amazing edible holiday displays that truly look like something out of a fairy tale. From the life-sized gingerbread houses, chocolate carrousel horses, to candy villages, they are truly a delight for all of your senses.
The lobby of Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa is where you can find the resort's 16-foot-tall gingerbread house. This Victorian-style structure takes 400 hours to bake, and lists 1,050 pounds of honey and 600 pounds of powdered sugar among its ingredients. The house, which is topped off with Santas, poinsettias and powdered-sugar snow, also has a chimney that periodically puffs with the scent of cinnamon. Don't forget to head to the back to pick up some samples. Among the items for sale are gingerbread houses, gingerbread shingles slathered in chocolate, solid milk chocolate boxes, gingerbread cookies, and more!
At Disney's Beach Club Resort, a gingerbread carousel serves as the platform for horses made of chocolate and fondant, each beautifully decorated with candy and icing. The carousel also has 11 hidden Mickeys incorporated into its design.
Disney's Contemporary Resort's Grand Concourse (fourth floor) is where you can spot a 17-foot-tall gingerbread Christmas tree decorated with chocolate ornaments and candy canes. The tree's playful design was inspired by the work of Disney Legend Mary Blair, whose artistic style can be seen on the adjacent Grand Canyon Concourse mural.
The lobby of Disney's Boardwalk Inn showcases a gazebo made of gingerbread and chocolate — and one Donald Duck in quite a predicament!
A couple of the pavilions in the World Showcase of Epcot® have delicious displays. The Italy Pavilion has its own intricate gingerbread display. Though it is smaller than the others, its attention to detail is just as grand. Santa's Bake Shop at Liberty Inn at the American Adventure pavilion is another life-sized gingerbread house made entirely of gingerbread, cookies, and icing. Stop by to purchase drinks and goodies here, too!
Start planning your vacation to the Walt Disney World® Resort for the holidays now! Contact your Magic Maker® for more information or click here to request a quote.
Cinderella Castle is transformed every night at the Magic Kingdom® Park duringCastle Dreamlights! When Mickey and friends realize the castle isn't decorated for the holidays, they enlist the help of Cinderella, the Prince, and even the Fairy Godmother! With all of their help, Cinderella Castle transforms into a glorious, wintry confection, twinkling in the sky!
Click here to learn more about the holiday season at the Walt Disney World® Resort!
Walt Disney World Resort is even more magical during the holiday season!
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In addition to my own article, I'm excited to read Elias Serna's article because I have come to know Elias through his activism and research with Tucson Ethnic Studies. Coming soon, I'll be including a brief interview with Elias regarding his article and the current projects he active with. Elias Serna, a PhD Candidate at UC Riverside, in August won the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America 2013 National Collegiate Book Collecting Contest.
The video below is an extended interview from the documentary called Outlawing Shakespeare that I posted earlier.
Thank you Cruz for posting this blog. It's well done. I look forward to the Q&A with Elias. What good work both of you are doing. I'm excited that both of you will be part of this issue.


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Last Memorial Day, Bob and Pam Shewmaker visited Quantico National Cemetery and paid tribute to our classmate, Bob Willis (1940-2001), a career Marine officer who served in Vietnam. We 58's will remember him as a star athlete and gifted point guard, who helped take us to the State tournament.
The two Bobs were friends at West Grand and Butler schools and played hours of football, baseball and basketball, often on the West Grand playground across from the Willis home.
Bob Shewmaker took these pictures and wanted to share them with his friend's widow, Olivet Willis, and classmates. We're pleased to post them on this Veteran's Day of 2012, as a tribute to all who have served our country, in war and peace.
Leslie Heineke Sandlin
SAVANNAH, GA - Leslie Ann Sandlin passed away October 10, 2012 under the care of Hospice Savannah and in the presence of her devoted husband of 47 years, Robert Sandlin.
Leslie was born in Springfield, Illinois to Julia McNulty Heineke and Henry L Heineke. Her early education was in Springfield and she was presented at the Beaux Arts Ball in 1957. She attended Beloit College in Wisconsin and Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.
She was a twenty year resident of Savannah, a wonderful homemaker, and a loving wife who always put family and friends first. It was a lucky person who sat at her table or spent time as a guest in her home. Leslie loved her books, the N Y Times crossword puzzle, water aerobics, and a good tomato. She will be sorely missed by all who knew her. Her daughter, Leigh Ann Golis Sandlin, and her sister, Joyce Heineke, preceded her in death.
Besides her husband, Leslie is survived by two children; Michael R Sandlin of Kennesaw, Georgia and Gail A Sandlin of Aurora, Colorado; four grandchildren Robert Young, Jessica Espino, Robert Golis and Preston Golis; one great grandchild Adrian Espino; her brother Roger Heineke of Swanton, Ohio; a niece and two nephews, Reece, Regan, and Randy Heineke; and a first cousin, Betty Lee Chornyei.
A memorial service will be held at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Islands Chapel, located at 4605 US Hwy 80 East on Whitemarsh Island, at 3PM Monday, October 15, 2012. After the service, the family would like for friends to join them for a reception at Jones Square condominiums, 323 West Jones Street in Savannah.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Leslie's name to the American Cancer Society, 6600 Abercorn St., Suite 206, Savannah, GA 31405. Please sign the on-line guest book at www.foxandweeks.com
Published in The State Journal-Register on October 12, 2012
Tom Martin
E. Thomas (Tom) Martin, 72, of Hiawatha, Iowa, died Sunday, September 16, 2012, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids. Graveside services: 11 a.m. Friday, September 21, 2012, at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois, with military honors. A celebration of life will follow from 1-3 p.m. on Friday at Camelot Reception Center, 1550 Recreation Drive in Springfield, Illinois.
A second celebration of life will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, September 30, 2012, at Chappy's Safari Lounge, 229 16th Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Arrangements are with Stewart Baxter Funeral & Memorial Services, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Survivors include his wife, Judy; daughter, Dina Martin of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; sons, Andy (Kela) Nagel of Acton, California and Derek (Cari) Crifasi of Springfield, Illinois; brother, Ken (Maxine) Martin of Springfield, Illinois; sister, Donna (Tom) Strode of Bath, Illinois; and grandchildren, Allisha and Halley Martin, Nino Crifasi, Chelsea Hudspeth, and Jake Nagel.
Tom was born May 29, 1940, in Springfield, Illinois, the son of John and Edna (Ihlenfeldt) Martin. Tom attended Springfield High School before he entered the US Navy in 1957, serving four years and attaining the rank of Petty Officer 3rd Class. In 1974, Tom married Judy Dunseth in Springfield, Illinois. Before retiring, Tom worked in sales at Hometown Restyling in Cedar Rapids.
He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Jack, Bill, and David; and son, Drew Crifasi. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. Luke's Hospice, 290 Blairs Ferry Road NE, Suite 100, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402, in memory of Tom. Please sign the online guest book and share a memory about Tom at www.stewartbaxter.com.
Lincoln Balloon Festival 2012
Here's a few photos of some of the many balloons at the Lincoln Balloon Festival. The "ladybug" was sitting on a yellow flower. This pilot came the farthest to participate--he was from New York.
The blue balloon was tethered and giving rides to folks who wanted to go up for a few minutes.
You can see several people helping with the yellow, orange, and red striped one. They are always looking for volunteers and it's a fun thing to do.
The group balloon photo was taken after dark when the "balloon glow" was held. A commentator encourages everyone to do a countdown and all the pilots turn on the propane jets simultaneously.
It's good family fun. Weather was perfect. Hot and dry and just a little breeze. The ones who had been there before brought folding chairs. We lucked out and found an empty bale of hay to sit on.
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Ron L. Dunkel, Sr.
SHERMAN - Ron L. Dunkel, Sr., 72, of Sherman died at 1:52 pm, Thursday, August 16, 2012 at Memorial Medical Center, surrounded by his family and friends. He was born July 21, 1940 in Springfield, Illinois to Richard and Maxine Shaffer Dunkel. He married Sandy Eells on December 31, 1993 and she survives him. His parents preceded him in death.
Also surviving are one son, Ron Dunkel, Jr. of Sherman; three step-sons, Andrew Mercer of Sherman, Alexander (fiancé Jessica Walker) of Athens and Greg Osing of Springfield; three grandchildren, Logan Mercer, Kierrah Walker and Whitney Dunkel; brother, Donald Dunkel of New Mexico; brother-in-law, Mike Eells of Naples, FL; sister-in-law, Amy Vena of Homewood, IL and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Ron was a U. S. Air Force Veteran serving from 1957-1962. He was a member of the 170th Fighter Squadron of the Illinois Air National Guard and was deployed in 1961 during the Berlin Crisis. He was a member of Koke Mill Christian Church. He loved cooking and won several Chili Cook-offs and was known for his BBQ Ribs. He enjoyed spending time in his pool, Sunday family dinners and researching Springfield History.
Ron owned an Automobile Dealership, "Ron Dunkel Motors," and had previously owned Mobile World in Springfield. He was former president of the Illinois Manufactured Housing Association and the Illinois Independent Auto Dealers Association. He was a lobbyist with the Illinois Independent Auto Dealers Association and was a member of the American Legion Post 32.
Visitation: 4-6 pm, Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Staab Funeral Home.
Lie-in-State: 9:30-10 am, Monday, August 20, 2012 at Koke Mill Christian Church.
Funeral Service: 10 am, Monday, August 20, 2012 at Koke Mill Christian Church with pastor Stan Summers officiating.
Memorial contributions may be made to Koke Mill Christian Church Building Fund.
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Published in The State Journal-Register on August 18, 2012
Kay Keyes Millhon
Kay Keyes Millhon born July 2, 1938, died peacefully at Enso House on Monday January 30, with her husband Jerry Millhon and friend Dana Kelly at her side.
Kay was born in the small town of Page, North Dakota, near Fargo, where she spent her childhood. She and her husband Jerry moved to Whidbey Island in 1994 after a brief stay in Kirkland, preceded by many years in Toledo, Ohio. Kay worked as a Development Officer at Maumee Valley Country Day School, as an assistant at the Cleveland Foundation, and as assistant to the President of Bowling Green State University before moving with Jerry to the Northwest.
Her ultimate work of love, however, was as a team member at the Whidbey Institute where she was rightly credited for far more than she really believed she did in the early years of the Institute. What made that experience so special were the community relationships she built over the years, both at the Institute and with so many wonderful people on Whidbey Island. She joined the staff in 1996 and resigned in November of 2004, gleefully joining her husband whose work took him to San Francisco, a city where she had spent many years after leaving Fargo.
Kay and her husband loved each other deeply, she loved reading, she loved her brother Jerry, she loved crosswords, she loved her grandchildren and her immediate family and she always had a suitcase at the ready for travel. Her gracious warmth and remarkable care for others, her deep understanding of many things not easily seen, her calmness in any given situation and her deep laugh will be missed.
She leaves her brother and sister-in-law Jerry and Gayle Keyes from Orange, California, her sisters-in-law Alice Millhon, Owaneco, Il, Marti Mather Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, and Betsy Calder from Ocala, Florida. She leaves four grandchildren through Jerry's former marriage, two of whom she was fortunate to come to know and love unconditionally, Harper Prud'homme and Margot Prud'homme granddaughters of Jerry's daughter Elizabeth Polk and her husband Sam Prud'homme from Seattle, WA. Her other grandchildren, who she dearly loved, Lucy and Henry Millhon from Waccabuc, New York, are children of Jerry's son Drew Millhon and his wife Kim.
A celebration of Kay's life was held at the Thomas Berry Hall at the Whidbey Institute on February 26, 2012. Kay suggested that in lieu of flowers to send support to either the Whidbey Institute Box 57 Clinton, WA; to Enso House, 6339 Wahl Road, Freeland, WA 98249; to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, or to a charity of your choice.
Mary Wolf Thomas
Mary Wolf Thomas, 70, of Springfield passed away Monday, June 18, 2012 at her home.
She was born July 14, 1941 in Springfield, the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Hanlon Wolf. On Dec. 21, 1991 she married H. Stanley Thomas, the father of her daughter, Amy Jo Wolf. He preceded her in death on May 3, 2011. She is also preceded in death by her parents.
Mary was a 1959 Graduate of Ursuline Academy. She went on to attend St. John's Hospital School of Nursing and graduate in 1962. She graduated from the College of St. Francis in 1984, receiving her bachelor degree in nursing. Mary was a registered nurse and worked in many aspects of health care professions until her retirement.
She was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church where she attended in recent years and, as a Springfield native, was an active participant in both Blessed Sacrament and Cathedral parishes during her lifetime.
Mary is survived by her daughter, Amy Jo Wolf of Springfield; grandson, Halen James Thomas Wolf; sister, M. Jane Jabusch of Riverton; several nieces, nephews, great niece and nephews; and one great-great niece.
Cremation rites have been accorded. Friends may call Sunday, June 24 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Boardman-Smith Funeral Chapel. A memorial mass will be held Monday, June 25 at 10:00 a.m.at Christ the King Catholic Church. Msgr. David S. Lantz will be officiating. Burial will follow at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
Memorial donation may be made to the charity of the donor choice.
55th Reunion Plans
The '58 Reunion Committee met today at the Springfield Motor Boat Club to plan our 55th Reunion. Folks are updating the master list of addresses, phone numbers, and emails. If your information has changed, expect mail or a call soon. The Reunion dates are September 6-8, 2013, the weekend following Labor Day.
Pictured here are (back) Mary Houghton Elberson, Judy Vicars Van Hagen, Judy McGaw Lewis, John Brownback, Ann Tobin Hart; (front) Diane Gurgens Urbanckas, Keith Schnepp, Janet Frederick, and Carolyn Baldwin Quinlan. Mark your calendars!
Mary Eleanor Carmody
Mary Eleanor Carmody, 88, of Springfield, died at 7:20 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, 2012 at St. John's Hospital. Mary was born September 1, 1923 in Litchfield, IL, but lived in Springfield nearly all of her life. She was the daughter of M. Louis and Mayme McKeon Carmody. She was preceded in death by her parents and by one sister, Constance "Connie" Collins.
She is survived by a sister, L. Jeanne Carmody and a brother, Michael (wife, Patricia) Carmody, both of Springfield. She is also survived by three nieces, Colleen (husband, Doug) Hyde of Oneida, IL, Cathleen (husband, Brian) Gawthorp of Illiopolis, and Kathleen Carmody of Maple Grove, MN; five nephews, Michael (wife, Casey) Collins of Virginia, Kevin (wife, Sue) Collins of Peoria, Sean (wife, Patricia) Carmody of Marshall, MN, Brian (wife, Debra) Carmody of San Diego, CA, and Martin Carmody of Washington, DC; and numerous grand-nieces and grand-nephews.
Mary Eleanor was an honor graduate of Ursuline Academy and Springfield Junior College. She received her Bachelors of Arts from the University of Chicago and a Master's in Education from the University of Illinois.
She began her teaching career at LeRoy, IL in 1945, taught at Pawnee High School, and in 1951 started teaching at Springfield High School. She taught there until 1982 when she retired.
Once when called to jury duty, Mary was asked if she knew any of the principals. She answered that she had taught both the prosecutor and the defense attorney. She was excused from jury duty.
Mary was a dedicated teacher and a gentle, kind, generous person. She was a devoted Catholic and gave many hours as a volunteer to her parish. Mary was a member of Brinkerhoff Association and St. Louise de Marillac Guild. She enjoyed playing bridge and solving crossword puzzles.
Visitation: Family will receive friends from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2012 at Kirlin-Egan & Butler Funeral Home, 900 S. 6th St., Springfield. Visitation will begin with a prayer service at 4:00 p.m.
Funeral Mass: 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Christ the King Parish, 1930 Barberry Dr., Springfield with Rev. Msgr. David S. Lantz, celebrant. Burial will follow at St. John's Catholic Cemetery in Carrollton, IL.
Memorial contributions may be made to: St. Joseph's Home, 3306 S. 6th St., Springfield, IL 62703, Christ the King Parish, 1930 Barberry Dr., Springfield, IL 62704 or donor's choice.
Please visit butlerfuneralhomes.com to offer your condolences.
Published in The State Journal-Register on May 13, 2012
Roy Barnett
Roy A. Barnett, of Chatham, IL, died on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at the age of 73 at St. John's Hospital. He was born February 26, 1939 in Springfield, the son of John and Louise Saul Barnett. He married Mary Julia McDonald on May 23, 1977. He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, including his step-father George Saul, and brother, Charles L. Barnett.
Mr. Barnett graduated from Springfield High School in 1958. He retired from the Springfield Police Department as a deputy Chief of Operations in January 1988. He became Chief of Police for the Chatham Police Department on February 1, 1988 and retired in May 2009. He was a member of the Police Benevolent Protective Association, Illinois Police Association, the Illinois Chiefs of Police, National Association of Retired Police Officers, and Retired Disabled Police of America, and life member of the International Chiefs of Police Association.
He is survived by four daughters, Tamera (husband, Mark) Winner of Forney, TX, Michelle (husband Ron) Duek of Pembrook Pines, FL, Emily Barnett of Chatham and Cora Logsdon of Chatham; sister, Dorothea "Pat" (husband, George) Metzger; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and friends, including a close friend, Evelyn Jones of Springfield.
Cremation was accorded by Butler Cremation Tribute Center. Memorial Gathering: Family will receive friends from 4:00-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at Kirlin-Egan & Butler Funeral Home, 900 S. 6th St., Springfield. Memorial Ceremony: 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at Kirlin-Egan & Butler Funeral Home. Inurnment will follow at Chatham Memorial Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to: Illinois Police Officers Memorial, 435 W. Washington, Springfield, IL 62702.


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Marquerite Willis' race-baiting radio ad (and the debate, too)
Cynthia Hardy, Jim Felder, me and Jon Parker on the radio Sunday night. At this moment I'm apparently making a terribly cogent point that requires hand gestures, even on the radio.
(Editor's note: I wrote this last night, but am just posting it today because of problems with the sound file. WordPress will take an MP3, but not a WAV.)
Did y'all watch that Democratic gubernatorial debate tonight? I didn't get to see most of it, but I heard a good bit on the radio while I was driving first to a program at my youngest grandchildren's school, then over to my parents' house to check on my Dad (he had a fall recently, but is doing better), then home. A few seconds after I turned on the TV, it was over.
I did pull over a couple of times to Tweet about what I was hearing. I Tweeted this at the end:
Remember when candidates — especially ones who had not held office and were introducing themselves to the public — would try to be PLEASANT so people might actually WANT to see them in office over the next four years?
— Brad Warthen (@BradWarthen) June 5, 2018
Speaking of unpleasantness…
Sunday, I was a guest on Cynthia Hardy's show on the Big DM (you can watch the show here). Before the show started, Cynthia asked whether Jim Felder and I had heard the "race-baiting ad" — as she said some had called it — that Marguerite Willis was running. I said no, and she played it for us.
Give it a listen. And (let me know if you had technical difficulties.)
When it was done, I said, "So… I suppose she's playing that mostly on the country stations…" As soon as I said it, it occurred to me that my joke might fall flat, although Jim Felder laughed politely.
That's really something. And it's totally consistent with what I heard of the debate, which at another point caused me to Tweet:
Wow. Phil Noble and Marguerite Willis, I am now convinced, will say and do anything, will stop at nothing, to tear down the only Democrat any rational person can imagine winning in November…
But that ad was something — grossly unfair, misleading and desperate. But the issue remains, will she and Noble manage to inflict enough damage on a good man so as to ensure a GOP victory in the fall? Because surely the two Democratic challengers are bright enough to know neither of them would have a chance in a general election…
This entry was posted in Character, Civility, Debates, Elections, James Smith, Media, Radio, South Carolina on June 5, 2018 by Brad Warthen.
Left, right; left, right; left, right… Give it a REST, people!
This morning, I was surprised to see that The Washington Post didn't lead with their big scoop, which I had heard about on the radio first thing, on my way to my 8 a.m. dental appointment:
The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.
The move by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump's conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation, which until recently focused on Russian meddling during the presidential campaign and on whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates, officials said…
That's so much bigger than other turn-of-the-screw stories that have led the paper in recent months.
Instead, the paper led with the congressional-baseball shooting, which of course is HUGE, especially if you're published in Washington, but there was nothing new since last night. Rep. Scalise (may God send his healing grace upon him) was in critical condition yesterday, and he still was today.
But I guess I was wrong, based on what I heard on the radio later on a call-in show. Apparently the latest murderous nut-job case was Filled With Historic Political Significance, to hear what folks were saying.
Sorry that I didn't take notes — I was driving — but it went kind of like this:
A man calls in and blames the shooting on the Left. After all, this guy was a lefty (so of course every liberal in the country was to blame). And he was made about Trump (so everyone who is mad that Trump is president is to blame). He had some kind of complicated theory about this all being part of the Left's campaign against free speech, somehow connected to all the silly "safe zone" nonsense on college campuses. He explained that people were expressing themselves politically by electing these Republican lawmakers, who were delegated to speak for those people, and this guy was trying to shut them up by killing.
He was immediately followed by a woman who had zero hesitation about blaming it on the Right. After all, Trump had encouraged violence at his rallies, and didn't Ted Nugent say something about assassinating Obama, and Trump invited him to hang out for hours at the White House? Therefore, she implied, everyone to the right of center was to blame for this, yadda-yadda.
Oh, come on, people! This isn't a left-right thing. I mean, I was pretty disturbed by the whole Bernie Sanders billionaires-are-oppressing-us-all-and-we-must-get-angry-and-rise-up-against-them shtick, but it's an outrage to suggest that even Bernie Sanders (whom the shooter supported) is in any way to blame for this, much less every other liberal in the country.
Obviously, such thinking must be refuted. But to do so by trying to turn it around and blame on conservatives everywhere is equally absurd.
Give it a rest, people! Not everything is an expression of the left-right dichotomy that you seem to think explains everything in the world. In fact, most things aren't.
What we have here is a nut, one who went on a murderous rampage for reasons particular to him, which we'll never know for sure because, as a result of what he did, he's dead.
If there's a political point to be made, it's the one I made yesterday: It's too easy for homicidal nuts to get their hands on guns. If we'd all like to have a constructive conversation about doing something to prevent that, great. But in this atmosphere, I'm not holding my breath…
This entry was posted in Civility, Donald Trump, Guns, Media, Polarization, Radio, Spin Cycle, The Nation on June 15, 2017 by Brad Warthen.
'Electrocution chair?' Is that like a 'Holocaust center?'
Speaking of words, has anyone noticed an uptick of mispronunciations and bizarre word choices lately on broadcast media?
I'm not even talking about Donald Trump, who is so justly famous for such. I'm talking about normal people.
I should have been keeping a list of the mispronunciations, but at the moment I'm only thinking of one: My wife heard someone say "pre-VALE-unt" on the Tube the other day, instead of, you know, prevalent. (I called just now to ask her for another, and she offered "contri-BUTE," as opposed to contribute. And yes, the Brits might say, "CON-tribute," but as my wife noted, these were Americans speaking.)
As for word choice, my current fave is from Friday's installment of "The Takeaway." A perfectly lucid, intelligent-sounding young woman with Arkansas Public Media was being interviewed about the crowd of people that state is trying to execute. She was asked (at about 2:29 on the recording) whether, when it runs out of approved poisons for lethal injection, the state would have any alternative methods of administering death. She replied, informatively:
The alternative on the books is electrocution chair…
Electrocution chair? Is that something they have at "Holocaust centers?"
She was probably just nervous being interviewed on national radio. Either that, or — she sounded really, really young — she has been blessed by never having heard of that fixture of more barbaric times, the electric chair. (She may have even realized she wasn't on solid ground, based on the questioning way her voice went up at the end of the phrase, as though she were asking, "Is that a thing?")
Ultimately, I suspect all of this is a result of far too many people trying to say far too many things on far too many outlets in much too quick a hurry.
But maybe there's another explanation…
This entry was posted in Media, Popular culture, Radio, Television, Words on April 24, 2017 by Brad Warthen.
I miss Garrison Keillor
Saturday, the radio in our kitchen was on at 6 p.m., and when "Prairie Home Companion" came on… we turned it off.
Instead of turning it up, which is what we usually would have done, ever since we started listening to it out in Kansas in the '80s.
It's just not the same without Garrison Keillor. That deep, mellifluous, soothing voice, speaking of things that prompted nostalgia and peaceful reflection on the human condition, was what the show was about. I appreciated that the new guy made a joke in the first show about his high, piping voice, but you know, after a bit it's not funny. I've lost my reason to listen.
Keillor is still writing. But frankly, I've never liked his writing quite as much on a page or screen — I prefer to hear him say it. Also, his unspoken stuff tends to be more political, and he's such a doctrinaire liberal that a lot of stuff he says is a bit off-putting to me.
But… I find that if I can imagine him reading it, I'm fine with it. And this latest piece in The Washington Post yesterday made it very easy to hear the voice. It was gentle, it was kind, it was reassuring, unassuming and forgiving. And when you write in a voice like that, I can handle pretty much anything you have to say. An excerpt:
Face it, Southerners are nicer people
I've been down in South Carolina and Georgia, an old Northern liberal in red states, enjoying a climate like April in January and the hospitality of gracious, soft-spoken people, many of whom voted for He Who Does Not Need Intelligence, but they didn't bring it up, so neither did I.
I walked into Jestine's Kitchen in Charleston, and a waitress said, "Is there just one of you, sweetheart?" and her voice was like jasmine and teaberry. There was just one of me, though I wished there were two and she was the other one. She showed me to a table — "Have a seat, sweetheart, I'll be right with you." Liberal waitpersons up north would no more call you "sweetheart" than they would kiss you on the lips, and if you called one of them "sweetheart" she might hand you your hat. I ordered the fried chicken with collard greens and mashed potatoes and gravy and read a front-page story in the Charleston Post and Courier about a Republican state legislator charged with a felony for allegedly beating his wife in front of their weeping children, and then the waitress brought the food and I dug in and it was luminous, redemptive, all that chicken and gravy could be. If this is what Makes America Great Again, I am all for it….
I thought to myself, "A person could live in a town like this." I've spent time with people whose politics agreed with mine and who were cold fish indeed and now that I'm elderly and have time on my hands, maybe I'd enjoy hanging out with amiable sweet-talking right-wingers. I'm just saying….
Indeed. And I miss hanging out with him on Saturday evenings…
(It's fun when Yankees find us so captivating. Reminds me of the one year I lived above the Mason-Dixon line growing up. I attended second grade in Woodbury, NJ. I read more fluently than most 2nd-graders, and once a teacher heard me read aloud, she started lending me to other classes to read to the kids. I was happy to oblige. They thought my accent was so charming. They looked upon me as a pint-sized Ashley Wilkes, and that kind of thing can make a certain sort of Yankee lady just swoon.)
This entry was posted in Audio, Nostalgia, Radio on January 11, 2017 by Brad Warthen.
I'll be on Cynthia Hardy's radio show at 6 p.m. tonight
… which should give me plenty of time to get back home from the Big DM way across town in time for what could prove to be (although I hope not) the last game of the World Series.
Cynthia Hardy
According to the text I received asking me to be on the show, we'll be talking about "talking the importance of down-ballot votes, red states leaning blue, and the millennial vote." Which sounds to me like the discussion could go almost anywhere, as long as we're talking about the election.
I'm told that Allen Olson — whom I don't know, but I assume it's this Allen Olson — will be in the studio as well. Kathleen Parker may join us by phone, from wherever she is at the moment. And there could be another guest. I get the distinct impression this show is a bit in flux — I was asked to participate this morning, although I usually get asked several days ahead of time.
So listen in, and if you're inclined, call in…
This entry was posted in Elections, Media, Personal, Radio on October 30, 2016 by Brad Warthen.
In the studio with Todd and Joel on Cynthia Hardy's show
Just sharing this shot of Rep. Todd Atwater, Sen. Joel Lourie and me in the studio during Cynthia Hardy's On Point radio show on the Big DM this evening.
Note that Todd is alert and looking around, Joel is playing the nerd studying the notes he had brought with him about the SOTU and Gov. Haley's response, and I'm staring at my phone, probably writing this Tweet:
I'm on Cynthia Hardy's radio show with Joel Lourie and @toddatwater at 101.3 FM pic.twitter.com/kaGgROi92b
— Brad Warthen (@BradWarthen) January 17, 2016
Which prompted Rob Godfrey from the governor's office to respond:
Two politicians & an editorial writer? Hope it's a 3 hour special. Otherwise we could see a 👊🏽 fight for air time. https://t.co/IlgkERC35X
— Rob Godfrey (@RobGodfrey) January 17, 2016
Yes, this is a very self-referential blog post. But then, blogs tend to be that way as a medium — they are to journalism what selfies are to photography.
We had a good discussion, with everyone on board with agreeing with both the president and the governor in their calls for greater civility and less negativity. In fact, if our Legislature consisted entirely of Joel Louries and Todd Atwaters, we'd get a lot more done at the State House.
Not that there wasn't sincere disagreement. Todd and Joel had a pretty good back-and-forth about Obamacare and Medicaid expansion. At one point I almost jumped in on Joel's side, when Todd said it was a shame the president didn't meet Republicans halfway on the issue.
Hey, I was about to say, the president and the Democrats did meet Republicans halfway and more from the get-go — before the debate on the Act was joined, before the president was even elected.
That happened when Obama didn't run advocating for single-payer, which is the one really rational approach to healthcare. And he backed away from that in deference to the wall of Republican resistance that already existed against it. So he and the other Dems started out with a compromise position.
But then the subject changed, and we didn't return to it. Just as well. I was being presented to listeners as the guy in the middle between Joel the Democrat and Todd the Republican, and it would have just confused everybody if I had jumped out on the one issue where I'm to the left of Bernie Sanders. That is, that's where my position has been cast popularly — mostly by Republican resistance that has made Democrats afraid to embrace it. I don't consider it to be to the left of anything. To me, it's the commonsense, nonideological, pragmatic option. And a lot simpler than the ACA.
Speaking of Bernie… He and the author of Hillarycare will be on the tube in awhile, so I think I'll stop and rest up to get ready to Tweet during that. Join me @BradWarthen if you're so inclined.
This entry was posted in Barack Obama, Civility, Democrats, Leadership, Legislature, Marketplace of ideas, Midlands, Nikki Haley, Radio, Republicans, South Carolina on January 17, 2016 by Brad Warthen.
Any of y'all vote early? Why? And how did it go?
A couple of things we talked about last night on Cynthia Hardy's radio show (there I am with host, crew and fellow guests above) stuck with me.
One was all the talk about voter turnout. I joined in with the others in urging people to get out and vote — I even threw in the cliche about "If you don't vote, don't come crying to me about what happens after" — but I also shared my personal doubt about get-out-the-vote efforts. Basically, if you have to be reminded, cajoled, begged and prodded, I'm not at all sure I want you voting. I'd rather have elections decided by people who care enough that they would never consider not voting.
Then, I was struck by all the talk about early voting. Not "early voting" technically, but "absentee" voting — which is engaged in more and more by people who won't actually be absent. My fellow guest Jim Felder kept urging folks to get out and vote today rather than wait until Tuesday, in case the weather is bad on actual Election Day. Various anecdotes about busloads of folks voting early were shared.
So I thought I'd ask: Did you vote early? If so, why? And how did it go? And anything else you'd like to share.
I know that Doug, at least, voted on Friday, because he texted me about it, saying it was very busy at the Parklane location. Perhaps he'd like to share some more about that.
This entry was posted in Elections, Media, Radio, Seeking info on November 3, 2014 by Brad Warthen.
I'll be on Cynthia Hardy's show on the Big DM at 6. Tune in…
I think we'll be talking about the election.
That's all I wanted to say…
This entry was posted in Contact report, Elections, Media, Radio on November 2, 2014 by Brad Warthen.
The importance of understanding politicians (and media types) as people
There I am after the show, second from left, followed by Eva Moore, Cynthia Hardy and Will Folks…
Having heard my limit of cynical statements bordering on paranoia, I resolved, on live radio over the weekend, to do The Most Daring Thing a Journalist Can Ever Do.
I decided to stick up for politicians. And for the media, for that matter.
I learned long ago, well before I started blogging, that the surest way to be the target of derision and contempt — from the public, and even one's peers — is to praise someone in politics. It's way more damaging to your reputation than criticizing people. We're expected to do that. And those of you who know me know that I do my share of that. (In fact, some of you claim, hyperbolically, that it's all I do, when the subject is Mark Sanford or Nikki Haley.)
But just let me say something laudatory about a politician — say, Lindsey Graham, who I believe is more deserving of such defense than anyone in high office in our state — and here comes the tsunami of cynicism. (Try to say "tsunami of cynicism" several times really fast.)
Journalists tend to relish the criticism that comes from being critical. It means we're tough, and hard-hitting. Nobody pulls the wool over our eyes! We're no saps. Cutting remarks make us sound like John Lennon. Saying nice things makes us sound like Paul McCartney. And everybody knows which one was the cool one, right?
Anyway, as Sunday's show wore on, I endured a number of cynical remarks about media, politics and politicians, letting them pass by because of my long experience of knowing how hard it is to change people's minds when they say things like, "They just stress all that negative stuff to sell papers," or, "You can't trust the MSM because they take advertising and are in the grip of corporate America," or "He's no different from all politicians; they're all crooks." (These are reconstructions; I wasn't taking notes. But I've heard these kinds of comments SO many times.)
But finally, I couldn't sit still, and I explained:
People who think advertisers control content in a newspaper have probably never worked at one. In my 35 years in newspapers, most of it as an editor, I never once was involved in a decision that was in any way influenced by money considerations, either involving advertising or circulation. (The only way money affected what we did was that the lack of it prevented us from having the people we needed, or to pay for travel, to do everything we wanted.) I DID find myself making decisions that I knew made life miserable for the ad people, and even lost the paper money. I mentioned a situation in which we took, and maintained (and the newspaper maintains to this day) an editorial position that cost the paper hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of several years. That didn't make me happy or anything, but it had no impact on our position.
As for Will Folks' assertion that we were supportive of lawmakers he despises because of the newspaper industry's sales tax exemptions, I had to ask how he explained our ongoing repeated calls, year in and year out, for comprehensive tax reform that would put all exemptions on the table? (Doug likes to talk about that one, saying we should have called specifically for eliminating the newspaper exemption. But the truth was, I've never seen that one as in any way more egregious than the rest, and I would have been lying, and grandstanding, to say otherwise.)
Those who say this or that gets published because "it sells newspapers" don't understand what makes journalists tick. There CAN be the temptation to be sensational, and we're always trying to grab your attention, but not for anything so normal and sensible (the way most people see the world) as selling papers. What we wanted, what we want, is to be read. In terms of indulging my deep-seated need, no one had to buy the paper. They could steal it, just as long as they read it. Bryan loved that. After he wrote about it on his blog, I felt compelled to explain a bit. It's not that I was advocating stealing the newspaper, mind you…
People talk about there being too much "bad news." Well, I'm sorry, but to a great extent, the definition of news is something that has gone wrong. You don't report on the 10,000 cars that pass a certain intersection safely in the course of a day; you report on the fatal wreck that occurred there. You don't write about the thousands of buildings that didn't catch fire; you report on the one that burned down. And you don't write about the vast majority of politicians who are honest and doing their best; you write about the ones who are derelict and/or have their hands in the till — because that's what people, as voters, need a heads-up about.
On that last point… I blame my profession, and particularly my generation of Watergate-influenced journalists, for the cynicism about government and politics that infects so many in our society today, from Will Folks and many other bloggers to the Tea Party to some of our best friends here on the blog. Maybe that's one case where we DID overemphasize the "bad news." We were so adversarial toward public officials and public institutions, so aggressive in chasing after scandal — and (seemingly sometimes) nothing but scandal — that we created an indelible impression among the reading and viewing public that government is a bad thing full of bad people. When it isn't. We're just trying to let you know about the bad parts that need addressing.
When I stated that probably 90-something percent of politicians were good people trying to do the best by their lights for their communities (even though they might, in my opinion, be really wrong about what's best), Will erupted in derision, both on the air and on Twitter:
So @bradwarthen thinks 95 percent of South Carolina politicians are well-intentioned … LOL
— Will Folks aka Sic (@fitsnews) July 13, 2014
But I insisted it was true. I might think most of the things lawmakers try to do is stupid sometimes, but I don't doubt their sincerity or honest intentions. As for the idea that people go into public life to enrich themselves monetarily — well, they're really have to be stupid to do that, because the greater potential is definitely in the private sector, and the chance of getting caught is a lot lower than in public office.
Not that there aren't some politicians for whom the pathetic renumeration that legislators receive is the best job they ever had. We had some people like that in the Legislature in the late 80s and early 90s. Lost Trust caught people selling their votes for pathetically small things, such as a new suit or some such.
Lost Trust was the low point in South Carolina, leading to indictments of 10 percent of the Legislature. But I turned that around to say that, when an aggressive federal prosecutor did his best to catch every lawmaker open to bribery or some other form of corruption… he could only get 10 percent. Which fits my 90ish-percent thesis.
Bottom line, people in politics are people, like any other. Oh, they may be more extroverted and given to exhibitionism of a sort, but they are not worse than other people. They might not be the wise solons that they should be — and I, for one, would prefer that they were a good deal wiser than average — but they're just people.
So are journalists, for that matter, just to come full circle…
This entry was posted in Character, Crime and Punishment, Legislature, Media, Radio on July 15, 2014 by Brad Warthen.
Hear me Sunday evening on the Big DM
This Tweet from Will reminds me:
I'm excited to appear Sunday 7/13/2014 @THEBIGDM1013 … 6 pm hour with host Cynthia Hardy (@RadioTalk) and @yesevamoore and @BradWarthen.
I'm going to be on Cynthia's show tomorrow evening, at FM 101.3. As I recall, we're going to be talking about social media vis-à-vis traditional media.
This entry was posted in Media, Radio, Social media on July 12, 2014 by Brad Warthen.
Tonight on 'Fresh Air,' Brigid talks about her new book
Remember a couple of months back, when I told you about the new book by my friend and colleague Brigid Schulte?
Well, she's going to be talking about it this evening at 7 on NPR's "Fresh Air."
That's all. Just wanted to give a heads-up, particularly to any of y'all who remember Brigid from when she worked for The State, before her long stint at The Washington Post, where she still works when she's not writing books…
This entry was posted in Books, Radio, The State, Women, Working on March 11, 2014 by Brad Warthen.
Here's how we used to find stuff out in the old days, kids
Since this post the other day, I've been listening more closely to the Christmas music to which I've been exposed.
This morning, I heard something really unusual. What got me was the very different rhythm part of this rendition of "O Come Emanuel." I'd actually been listening a while before I realized what the song was — even though it's my favorite Advent song. This was before coffee, you understand.
I wanted to know right then who it was. But I couldn't do what I would normally do. I was driving the truck, which is straight-shift and takes two hands, and wearing my winter coat that zips up, and couldn't get at my phone to get my SoundHound app to give it a listen and ID it for me. Frustrating (in any event, as I discovered when I got to work, I'd left my phone at home — again, the lack of coffee).
So I decided that I'd fall back on trying to find out who that was when I got to a keyboard. To my inexpert year, it sounded like Pearl Jam. So I hunted on Google, and on YouTube. I asked everybody on Twitter:
Heard a very offbeat rendition of "O Come Emanuel" on radio this a.m. Sounded like… Pearl Jam. Google couldn't find that. So who was it?
Weirdly, no one answered. I asked again about six hours later. Still no takers. Which is unusual. Normally, someone at least guesses.
So you know what I did? I found out the old school way. Soon as I got a moment (late this afternoon, after a busy day) I called the request line at Magic 98.5. I asked who that was doing "O Come Emmanuel" between 7:45 and 8 this morning.
Turns out it was Third Day, a Christian rock band that formed back in the early '90s. You know, when everybody was trying to sound like Eddie Vedder.
The fact that my crowd-sourcing efforts failed, I suppose, testifies to grunge-style Christian bands occupying a lesser-known part of the pop music spectrum. Even Rob, Dick and Barry might have had trouble with it.
I'm just glad I solved the mystery. I'm sure you're happy for me.
This entry was posted in Holidays, Popular culture, Radio, Top Five Lists, Total trivia on December 12, 2013 by Brad Warthen.
E. J. Dionne: 'The best choice for pope? A nun.'
Over the weekend, E.J. Dionne — who does this sort of thing every week with David Brooks — was kind enough to write me and say he'd caught my bit on Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR, and "I wanted to tell you that you were excellent."
Which, along with similarly kind plaudits I got from other friends and family, made my day.
While he had me, as a fellow RC he brought up Pope Benedict's retirement, and asked whether I had read his "make a nun Pope" column.
I had not, but I went and read it immediately, and really enjoyed it. Excerpts:
In giving up the papacy, Pope Benedict XVI was brave and bold. He did the unexpected for the good of the Catholic Church. And when it selects a new pope next month, the College of Cardinals should be equally brave and bold. It is time to elect a nun as the next pontiff.
Now, I know this hope of mine is the longest of long shots. I have great faith in the Holy Spirit to move papal conclaves, but I would concede that I may be running ahead of the Spirit on this one…
Nonetheless, handing leadership to a woman — and in particular, to a nun — would vastly strengthen Catholicism, help the church solve some of its immediate problems and inspire many who have left the church to look at it with new eyes…
More than any other group in the church, the sisters have been at the heart of its work on behalf of compassion and justice. Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times made this point as powerfully as anyone in a 2010 column. "In my travels around the world, I encounter two Catholic Churches," he wrote. "One is the rigid all-male Vatican hierarchy that seems out of touch. . . . Yet there's another Catholic Church as well, one I admire intensely. This is the grass-roots Catholic Church that does far more good in the world than it ever gets credit for. This is the church that supports extraordinary aid organizations like Catholic Relief Services and Caritas, saving lives every day, and that operates superb schools that provide needy children an escalator out of poverty."…
Throughout history, it's not uncommon for women to be brought in to put right what men have put wrong. A female pope would automatically be distanced from this past and could have a degree of credibility that a male member of the hierarchy simply could not…
And a church that has made opposition to abortion a central part of its public mission should consider that older men are hardly the best messengers for this cause. Perhaps a female pope could transform the discussion about abortion from one that is too often rooted in harsh judgments (and at times, anger with modernity) into a compassionate dialogue aimed at changing hearts and minds rather than changing laws.
Unborn children are vulnerable. So are pregnant women. In my experience, nuns are especially alive to these twin vulnerabilities…
There was a lot of other good stuff, about how consistent this would be with the church's devotion to Mary, and other points. But I fear I may have exceeded the bounds of fair use already.
You might wonder, "Is Dionne kidding? He knows this can't happen, right?" Yes, he knows it won't happen, and no, he's not kidding. At the least, he hopes "they at least consider electing the kind of man who has the characteristics of my ideal female pontiff.
I urge you to go read the whole, well-reasoned piece.
This entry was posted in Faith, Marketplace of ideas, Media, Personal, Radio, Women, Words on February 25, 2013 by Brad Warthen.
NPR's take on Lindsey Graham's political situation
I notice there was another SC story on Weekend Edition this morning, aside from my interview about Mark Sanford. It was their take on why Lindsey Graham's been posturing so furiously on issues that endear him to the right, in the wake of his risky stepping out on immigration again:
It seems Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has done his best in recent weeks to get as much ink as possible, talking about things that play well with the conservatives in his home state of South Carolina, like Benghazi and gun rights.
Graham also held up the nomination of Chuck Hagel as defense secretary to get more answers about what happened in Benghazi, even as he admitted Hagel had nothing to do with it. But his opposition might have more to do with home state politics than the nomination itself.
Republican senators who have shown moderate leanings have been hit with primary challenges from the right recently, and while no serious challenger has emerged yet in South Carolina, there are a whole lot of people hoping one does.
"There are some legitimate concerns to be asked about Benghazi … [and] Chuck Hagel," says Tom Davis, a Republican state senator in South Carolina. "That being said, I do think it is fair to say that there has been a conscious effort on the part of Sen. Graham to elevate his role in those debates."…
Don Gonyea didn't ask me about this one in my interview, but if he had I would have said the obvious: That Tom Davis, whom they quote, was the threat from the right that everyone had expected, but that he says he's not running.
But Graham's still not taking any chances. After all, as we saw in 2010, especially in the 4th Congressional District, these days a successful challenge to a Republican incumbent can come out of nowhere.
This entry was posted in Elections, Lindsey Graham, Radio, Republicans, South Carolina on February 23, 2013 by Brad Warthen.
Hear me on Weekend Edition tomorrow morning
If you're not sleeping in tomorrow morning, you might want to listen to Weekend Edition on NPR. I taped an interview with Don Gonyea this morning about the 1st Congressional District special election. [Update: You can listen to the interview here.]
That is, it was sort of about the 1st Congressional District special election.
Earlier in the week, I got a call from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation wanting to interview me about that race, and I begged off. I told them I just hadn't been following it that closely.
When Brigid McCarthy called from NPR, I told her the same. But she said what they really wanted to do is talk about Mark Sanford.
That, I said, I can do.
And that's mostly what we talked about.
But just in case, I did some reading up on the contest so I'd have a broad familiarity with it, in the event that we went beyond Sanford (which we did, a bit). That's what led to this earlier blog post.
To update y'all from that post…
It's looking to me like the GOP candidate running the hardest other than Sanford is Larry Grooms. Hogan Gidley, the former SC Republican Party executive director who in recent years has been associated with Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee, has been sending me releases this week for Grooms, including one yesterday noting that Jeff Duncan and Mick Mulvaney (two of Tim Scott's fellow Tea Party classmates of 2010) have endorsed him. And like Sanford, Grooms released a TV ad this week.
But then, maybe some of the other candidates are running just as hard, but don't have my email address. If you're out there, it's brad@bradwarthen.com.
Also, I've sort of been operating on the assumption that the winner of the GOP contest will likely be Scott's replacement, rather than Stephen Colbert's sister. Republicans have held that seat since Tommy Hartnett won it on Reagan's coattails in 1980. But… in 2008, the Democratic nominee came within a couple of points of winning. That was another coattails situation, though, in this case Barack Obama's. There won't be any Obama coattails operating this spring.
More than that, I checked this morning with someone who was fairly intimately involved in the most recent reapportionment. You probably won't be surprised to learn that the district is now safer for Republicans than it was in 2008.
This entry was posted in Elections, Mark Sanford, Personal, Radio, South Carolina on February 22, 2013 by Brad Warthen.
The firing of Keven Cohen
Somehow I missed this this morning, until Silence brought it to my attention on a previous thread:
Keven Cohen, the longtime afternoon drive host on WVOC-FM 100.1, was fired Thursday afternoon before he went on the air.
Cohen had been hosting the 3-6 p.m. slot since 1999.
"I had a great run at WVOC," Cohen, sounding gracious, said when reached at his home Thursday evening. "It will always have a special place in my heart."
Removing Cohen, who peppered his talk show with news and opinion, is a curious decision by the Clear Channel-owned station, especially with a momentous presidential election just four days away. Cohen also anchored the station's pre- and post-game coverage of USC Gamecock football.
"It's a scary and confusing time," Cohen said. "It's a very challenging time for me emotionally to not know what I'm going to do when I wake up tomorrow morning."…
From what I've seen, radio is more abrupt than print is about these things. I had a couple of weeks to clear my stuff out of the editorial suite; this seemed to hit more suddenly.
For my part, I always thought Keven did a good job. I didn't hear his show much because of the time of day, but I was a guest on it a few times, and always thought he was a considerate host and a thorough professional. I wasn't the only one who thought so. I recall walking around Madison Square Garden with Lindsey Graham during the 2004 Republican National Convention (I was doing a column on the way he was working the media), and between chatting with Tim Russert and Biff Henderson of the Letterman show, he paused to take a call from Keven.
There was no one else like him in this market, to my knowledge. He will be missed in that role. I hope he finds another one, just as fulfilling, as soon as possible.
This entry was posted in Community, Marketplace of ideas, Midlands, Radio, South Carolina, Unemployment on November 2, 2012 by Brad Warthen.
What made the Spin Doctors disappear?
I've been enjoying the new 92.1 on FM, partly because it plays things I like, but have forgotten.
Today, I was driving up Lady Street when the Spin Doctors came on. Which made me think, What happened to those guys?
They came out of nowhere in the early 90s with an album just jammed with single-worthy tracks. They had a distinctive sound. "Pocketful of Kryptonite" was the last album by a new band I can remember buying based on hearing them for the first time on MTV and/or radio. Which I guess isn't that remarkable given that rock, to the extent that it still exists, isn't so album oriented any more. Still, at that point in my life, I had to be impressed to buy new music.
I think maybe my favorite song was "Jimmy Olsen's Blues," on account of it being about the Daily Planet's newsroom personnel. How often pop song speak of having it bad for a journalist? Yah, Lois Lane, you don't need no Superman… Although "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" was quite catchy as well.
And then… I haven't heard from them since. According to Wikipedia, they're still out there. But you couldn't tell by me.
So I appreciate hearing them on the radio this morning.
The next track played after that was Neil Young's "Ohio." Gotta get down to it…
This entry was posted in Popular culture, Radio on September 12, 2012 by Brad Warthen.
Fifty years of summertime pop, rated
The sleeve of my "Honky Tonk Women" single.
Last week, I called into question the value of recent pop music. I was moved to do so by this feature on NPR, regarding "The Songs Of The Summer, 1962-2012," which ran the gamut "from surf rock in the early 1960s through British then American rock 'n' roll, disco, power ballads, R&B, boy bands and hip-hop."
I thought it particularly meaningful that it counted from what Gene Sculatti's The Catalog of Cool described as "The Last Good Year."
I listened to the Spotify mix that the story linked to (there's also a version provided by NPR itself, but you don't get to pick where you jump in — it' more like conventional radio that way).
The list confirms me in my belief, that there hasn't been a summer like that of 1966 since. As I said before:
Puts me in mind of the summer of '66. I came back from the beach determined to go out and buy three singles: "Green Grass" by Gary Lewis and the Playboys, "I Am a Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel, and "Little Red Riding Hood" by Sam the Sham and the Pharoahs.
OK, so sue me. I was 12. At least "I Am a Rock" was cool.
But look at what else came out that summer:
PAPERBACK WRITER – The Beatles
WILD THING – The Troggs
PAINT IT, BLACK – The Rolling Stones (still my favorite Stones song)
SUMMER IN THE CITY – The Lovin' Spoonful
HANKY PANKY – Tommy James & The Shondells
STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT – Frank Sinatra
MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER – The Rolling Stones
AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG – The Temptations
DIRTY WATER – The Standells
WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN – Percy Sledge
SUNSHINE SUPERMAN – Donovan
MONDAY, MONDAY – The Mamas & The Papas
Not to mention these forgettable items that I loved at the time:
RED RUBBER BALL – The Cyrkle
SWEET PEA – Tommy Roe
THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY, HA-HAAA! – Napoleon XIV
That was all just one summer.
Come on — what will today's 12-year-olds have to look back to in the future?
The answer to that question doesn't appear to be very encouraging.
Gradually, over the past week, I listened to that mix while doing a lot of other things. Here's how I rated what I heard, on a scale from zero stars to five:
2012: Carly Rae Jepsen, "Call Me Maybe"
2011: Adele, "Rolling In The Deep"
2011: LMFAO, "Party Rock Anthem"
2011: Nicki Minaj, "Super Bass"
2010: Eminem featuring Rihanna, "Love the Way You Lie"
2010: Katy Perry, "California Gurls"
2010: Taio Cruz, "Dynamite"
2009: Black Eyed Peas, "I Gotta Feeling"
2009: Taylor Swift, "You Belong With Me"
2008: Coldplay, "Viva La Vida"
2008: Katy Perry, "I Kissed A Girl"
2008: Lil Wayne featuring Static Major, "Lollipop" – Only gets a 1 because, if you only hear a second of it, it's catchy. After 2 seconds, you hate it
0 2007: Rihanna featuring Jay-Z, "Umbrella"
0 2007: T-Pain featuring Yung Joc, "Buy U A Drank"
2006: Gnarls Barkley, "Crazy"
0 2006: Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland, "Promiscuous"
2006: Shakira, "Hips Don't Lie"
0 2005: Gwen Stefani, "Hollaback Girl"
0 2005: The Pussycat Dolls featuring Busta Rhymes, "Don't Cha"
0 2004: Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim, "Slow Motion"
2004: Usher, "Confessions Part II"
2003: Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z, "Crazy In Love"
2003: Chingy, "Right Thurr"
2003: Sean Paul, "Get Busy" – This would get a 2, but for the monotony.
2002: Avril Lavigne, "Complicated" – Almost it to a three in the middle part, but not quite.
2002: Jimmy Eat World, "The Middle"
0 2002: Eminem, "Without Me"
0 2002: Nelly, "Hot In Herre"
0 2001: Destiny's Child, "Bootylicious" – What did this in from the start was the ripped-off sample from Stevie Nicks' highly irritating "Just Like the White-Winged Dove." It only got worse from there.
2001: Eve featuring Gwen Stefani, "Let Me Blow Ya Mind"
1999: Christina Aguilera, "Genie In A Bottle"
1999: Jennifer Lopez, "If You Had My Love"
0 1999: Len, "Steal My Sunshine"
1999: Smash Mouth, "All Star"
0 1998: Next, "Too Close"
0 1998: Vengaboys, "We Like To Party"
1998: The Backstreet Boys, "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"
1997: Hanson, "MMMBop" – Bubblegum, but not bad bubblegum. The chorus almost raises it to 3.
1997: Notorious B.I.G. featuring Puff Daddy & Ma$e, "Mo Money Mo Problems"
1997: Puff Daddy featuring Faith Evans & 112, "I'll Be Missing You" – How much credit should a sample get? Because without that, this is nothing.
1996: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, "Tha Crossroads"
1996: Los Del Rio, "Macarena" – Yes, the craze became a joke, but at least it has some musicality.
1996: Mariah Carey, "Always Be My Baby"
1995: Seal, "Kiss From A Rose"
1995: TLC, "Waterfalls"
1994: Ace of Base, "Don't Turn Around"
1994: All-4-One, "I Swear"
1994: Lisa Loeb, "Stay" – Keeps threatening to sound good, but doesn't get there.
1994: Warren G & Nate Dogg, "Regulate"
1993: Tag Team, "Whoomp! (There It Is)"
1993: UB40, "Can't Help Falling In Love" – Too bad Elvis never heard this version.
1992: Boys II Men, "End of the Road"
1992: Red Hot Chili Peppers, "Under the Bridge"
1992: Sir Mix-A-Lot, "Baby Got Back" – I agree with the sentiment, at least.
1991: Bryan Adams, "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" – Not his best effort.
1991: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, "Summertime"
1991: EMF, "Unbelievable"
1990: Mariah Carey, "Vision Of Love"
1990: New Kids on the Block, "Step By Step"
1989: Martika, "Toy Soldiers"
1989: Richard Marx, "Right Here Waiting" – Syrupy.
1988: Cheap Trick, "The Flame"
1988: Steve Winwood, "Roll With It" – Not as good as his work with Blind Faith, not by a long shot. But it's catchy.
1987: Heart, "Alone"
1987: U2, "With Or Without You" – Perhaps their best song.
1987: Whitney Houston, "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" – Excellent example of the genre, but I'm not a big fan of the genre.
1986: Madonna, "Papa Don't Preach"
1986: Peter Cetera, "Glory Of Love"
1985: Huey Lewis & The News, "The Power of Love"
1985: Tears For Fears, "Shout" – One of the best of the 80s.
1984: Cyndi Lauper, "Time After Time" – Not as good as "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"
1984: Prince & The Revolution, "When Doves Cry" – Not as good as "1999"
1983: The Police, "Every Breath You Take"
1983: Irene Cara, "Flashdance…What a Feeling"
1982: Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder, "Ebony & Ivory" – Just chock full of good intentions, though.
1982: Human League, "Don't You Want Me"
1982: Survivor, "Eye of the Tiger"
1981: Rick Springfield, "Jessie's Girl"
1981: Kim Carnes, "Bette Davis Eyes"
1980: Lipps, Inc., "Funkytown"
1980: Billy Joel, "It's Still Rock & Roll to Me"
1979: Donna Summer, "Bad Girls" – It would be a 1, but I don't want Bud to hate me.
1979: Anita Ward, "Ring My Bell"
1978: Andy Gibb, "Shadow Dancing"
1978: Frankie Valli, "Grease" – Sorry, Frankie, but there were better songs in that show.
1977: Fleetwood Mac, "Dreams"
1976: Starland Vocal Band, "Afternoon Delight" – An oddball little hit.
1976: Elton John & Kiki Dee, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"
1976: Wings, "Silly Love Songs"
1975: The Captain & Tennille, "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Perhaps a better song, done by someone else.
1974: Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods, "Billy, Don't Be A Hero"
1974: George McCrae, "Rock Your Baby"
1973: Diana Ross, "Touch Me In The Morning"
1973: Jim Croce, "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"
1972: Bill Withers, "Lean On Me" – This just gets better and better.
1972: Sammy Davis, Jr., "The Candy Man" – How did this get in there?
1971: Bee Gees, "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" – I'm throwing the Bee Gees a bone here.
1971: Carole King, "It's Too Late"
1970: The Carpenters, "(They Long To Be) Close To You"
1970: The Jackson 5, "The Love You Save"
1970: Edwin Starr, "War" – Good song, though it overstates its case ("absolutely nothing").
1969: The Beatles, "Get Back"
1969: The Rolling Stones, "Honky Tonk Woman" – Not only a superlative summer song, it's a great driving song, too.
1968: Simon & Garfunkel, "Mrs. Robinson"
1968: The Rascals, "People Got To Be Free"
1967: Aretha Franklin, "Respect" – Give her some.
1967: The Doors, "Light My Fire" – I probably would have rated this higher at the time.
1966: Tommy James & The Shondells, "Hanky Panky"
1966: The Troggs, "Wild Thing" — Elemental, proto-punk, garage band purity.
1966: The Lovin' Spoonful, "Summer In The City"
1965: The Byrds, "Mr. Tambourine Man" — I'd have given the Dylan original another star.
1965: The Beatles, "Help!" — I feel bad that I didn't give the Beatles five stars on anything, but none of their best songs were listed.
1965: The Rolling Stones, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
1965: Sonny & Cher, "I Got You Babe"
1964: Dean Martin, "Everybody Loves Somebody"
1964: The Animals, "House of the Rising Sun"
1964: The Beach Boys, "I Get Around"
1963: Lesley Gore, "It's My Party"
1963: Jan & Dean, "Surf City"
1962: Ray Charles, "I Can't Stop Loving You"
1962: Neil Sedaka, "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
1962: Little Eva, "The Loco-Motion" – Had trouble deciding on this one; may only be a 3.
This entry was posted in Personal, Popular culture, Radio, Top Five Lists, Total trivia on July 16, 2012 by Brad Warthen.
A song from the deepest early memories
I had an unexpected bit of pleasure this morning. In a desperate bid to get away from the ETV Radio pledge drive, I accidentally pressed button 3 on my radio, forgetting that the format had changed a while back to country.
And I heard "Singin' the Blues," which struck deep chords of early-childhood memory for me. I couldn't have told you the words, and I mistakenly assumed it was a Hank Williams song — it seemed to have that sort of universal appeal. But the tune was as familiar, as wired into every cell in my brain, as if it had been sung to me as a lullaby.
All I knew about the song was that I really, really liked it. As though I was MADE to like it; it was part of my early formation.
Unfortunately, the radio didn't tell me who was singing it (which should be a violation of FCC regulations). Fortunately, there's Google and Wikipedia.
I quickly learned that the song was written by one Melvin Endsley, and first recorded successfully by Guy Mitchell. But I'm pretty sure that what I heard this morning was the Marty Robbins version.
Whichever, I loved hearing it. Next thing you know, I'll hear "Volare" on the radio one morning (to cite another song that made a deep impression on me before I was old enough to worry about what was cool and what wasn't, and able to just respond to music on its own terms)…
This entry was posted in Personal, Popular culture, Radio on April 17, 2012 by Brad Warthen.
It's not just SC; Gingrich surges ahead in Florida
This morning I was on Tom Finneran's radio show in Boston for the third time in a week, and the subject turned to Florida, and I said something like it was unclear what would happen there — Romney was supposed to be strong. But then, he was supposed to be strong in South Carolina the week before last.
Well, it's not unclear now. A Tweet from Rasmussen brought this to my attention exactly an hour later:
Less than two weeks ago, Mitt Romney had a 22-point lead in Florida, but that's ancient history in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Following his big win in South Carolina on Saturday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich now is on top in Florida by nine.
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Florida Republican Primary Voters, taken Sunday evening, finds Gingrich earning 41% of the vote with Romney in second at 32%. Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum runs third with 11%, while Texas Congressman Ron Paul attracts support from eight percent (8%). Nine percent (9%) remain undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here).
So the trend Gallup was picking up on late last week has accelerated. As the country watched those two debates last week, something crystallized in the minds of angry Republicans and Tea Partiers all over the country: Their anger had found its voice, and it belonged to Newt Gingrich.
This entry was posted in 2012 Presidential, Media, Public opinion, Radio, Republicans, South Carolina, The Nation on January 23, 2012 by Brad Warthen.


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Will 'Jupiter's Legacy' Make a Courageous Return For Season 2?
Gouri Jain 1 year ago
Another year with new and fantastic superhero shows. However, Superman, Spiderman, and Batman are not further new. The vast success of franchises like The Dark Knight and Marvel Cinematic Universe has its production team, streaming portals, and director. However, it makes it seem such a dime a dozen. But in May 2021, Netflix will give us the latest in Jupiter's Legacy.
Jupiter's LegacySeason 2 of Jupiter's LegacyHope for Season 2
Like The Umbrella Academy and The Boys before it, the Jupiter's Legacy change the superhuman expression by using different stories that are pretty new in that genre. However, the audience has been screaming to watch what will happen following the thriller climax of Season 1.
The series already release on Netflix on May 7th, 2021. Later on, based on the Image comic book, that series is produced for television by Steven S. DeKnight. Who is in starting served as showrunner.
Shortly after his father's death, in 1992 brought about Black Thursday. Previous businessman Sheldon moved to an unknown island in the Atlantic Ocean. There he, his brother, Walter, and another four achieve superpowers.
He then built a superhuman group known as the Union of Justice. His leading ideas never murder anyone or come between in any political matters. It remain unaffected over the near-time of his adventures as Utopian.
Season 2 of Jupiter's Legacy
Rotten Tomatoes analyzed 52 reviews and defined 38% as positive. With an average rating of 5.3/10. As per the critic, besides some fantastic fights, Jupiter's Legacy is overstuffed and provides many local punches. The show is received mixed or regular reviews.
However, the viewers have loved this series, and it is the most-streamed series in its release from May 3rd to May 9th. Due to its reducing popularity and the critic's negative review, the series was abolished before season 2.
Hope for Season 2
Now, Netflix has decided to purchase rights to comic books and buy a new company with Millar's Millarworld. The series producer says that he is delight to produce this show.
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