Stallion Cornell

Nokidding. I really do.  I didn't used to. I remember, as a child, seeing a Sears price tag on a Christmas present and wondering whether Santa did all his shopping via catalogue. In fact, I can't remember ever really believing as a kid. Some people have very traumatic memories of when they discovered harsh so-called ... Read more

Idon't see any way that Rudy Giuliani can possibly win the Republican nomination. He's lost his lead in the latest national poll - tied with Romney! - and he's not competitive in any of the early states. Stick a fork in him. He's done.  If Mitt wins Iowa, he wins New Hampshire. And then he's ... Read more

We three clods from Omaha are Spending Christmas Eve in a car Driving, drinking, glasses clinking Who needs a lousy bar? This, um, hilarious Christmas parody comes to you courtesy of '70's-era Mad Magazine, via my pre-adolescent memory of yesteryear. It's wretched, but I've never been able to expunge it from my brain. Today, I ... Read more

Notreally, but my in-laws celebrate Christmas Eve with a massive seafood spread, and since we won't all be in the same place this December 24th, we're having it a week early. Crab legs. Shrimp Scampi. Smoked salmon. It's the greatest fringe benefit of marrying into a family from the Pacific Northwest.  The kids are watching ... Read more

Thishappened to me last year, and I intended to recount the story for a Christmas Day blog entry, but then I realized that if I'm actually blogging on Christmas Day, then there's something seriously wrong with me - and you, if you're wasting time on Christmas reading blogs. So I thought I'd post it early ... Read more

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Backin ’96, I remember having a political discussion with a Republican Party operative, and I told him I was terrified that Pat Buchanan would get the nomination. Pat had just won the New Hampshire primary, and I was left with the terrifying prospect of having to choose between Pat Buchanan and Bill Clinton. Yikes. My ... Read more

DoMormons believe that Jesus and Satan are brothers? No. Would Mike Huckabee accept that answer? Probably not.  The query came up in a discussion with  New York Times reporter, and it was accompanied by a statement that Huck “did not know much” about the Mormons. Yet he asked a leading question designed to make Mormons ... Read more

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull opens in theatres on May 22 of next year, but all of the movie sites have been buzzing about it for what seems like decades. Before the title was announced, everyone was trying to come up with the cleverest new moniker for the film while at ... Read more

Inmy first month as a 19-year-old Mormon missionary in Scotland, I remember standing outside a grocery store, and a two or three year-old rugrat came up to me, kicked my leg as hard as he could, and said, loudly, “Get a f$&*ing job.” It was then that I learned, if I didn’t know it before, ... Read more