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Alaska Cruise Review Part VI — Alaska ports of Call – Seattle; Original Starbucks and CHAZ
Alaska ports of Call – Seattle; Original Starbucks and CHAZ We left a visit to Seattle itself until our disembarkation day. We discovered that we just didn’t have time to see the city on Embarkation Day. But with our flight out of Seattle not set to leave until just...
Going to Maui? Part VI – Hana Highway is as bad – or as awesome – as you want it to be
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Know what you’re getting into when you plan a trip to Hana “I survived the road to Hana” read the T-shirts in T-shirt shops around Maui. The shirts also present the naked facts, namely that the road to Hana, or at least the “main” highway on the...
While the political world spins out-of-control, the national debt is bigger than you think
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Politicians would rather talk Trump’s Social Media flareups than tackle dollars and cents Hardly anyone mentions it anymore. The “it” being the national debt and the massive pile of red ink our federal government accumulates on a minute-to-minute...
The Pacific Dunes Course at Bandon Dunes Golf Resort – Still Golf’s Quasi-Religious Awakening After a Quarter-Century
Note: GolfintheUSA.com first ventured to Bandon Dunes in the summer of 2005. We revisited the Pacific Dunes Course again in 2025. The course is largely the same since its creation and launch. The change in impressions are ours. BANDON, OR – Many have portrayed golf in...
Commentary, Current Events and Politics
While the political world spins out-of-control, the national debt is bigger than you think
It’s no wonder that no one wants to talk about the budget and the national debt. The subject is entirely too depressing and the solutions too unpleasant that encouraging politicians to wax on something other than the “shiny object” topics is almost impossible. Trump could truly cement his presidential legacy by leaving a country on sound budgetary footing.
Worst kept secret in America is Democrats’ plan to impeach Trump if they win in ‘26
A 2028 Trump impeachment would give the Dem presidential candidates something to talk about that would keep the focus on the outgoing president and away from their own hopefuls. It’d be Kamala Harris’s dream! Why talk about plans to reduce the federal debt when you could be blasting the lame duck about impeachment! Who needs secrets, anyway?
Trump’s foreign policy in a nutshell — Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick
No politician will come right out and tell you what they’re going to do, but the American public would likely take to Trump’s agenda and foreign policy in greater numbers if he’d communicate a little more effectively. Trump’s ambiguity provides all the confusion he needs to succeed in foreign affairs, but regular Americans would much prefer he stick to homing in on what made the country great.
Latest News and Updates
No, You Morons, Iran Has Not ‘Won.’
Scott McKay, American Spectator The point is for China to be buying oil from the other Gulf states and not Iran, which with the Americas ramping up as a supplier of Europe and Asia suddenly appears doable. We’ll know more about these outcomes as time goes along,...
John Cornyn Will Be a Texas Thom Tillis and That’s Awful
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall What do you think John Cornyn will do if he is no longer afraid of his voters? As we’ve seen, you can have an ultra-red state, and they still somehow elect people who run from conservatism like a vampire from a crucifix. He’s already angry...
Four days without my phone: What I learned
Joseph Curl, Washington Times When I got it and turned it on, it immediately began to convulse with notifications — dozens of texts, hundreds of emails, a cacophony of digital noise demanding my immediate attention. As I scrolled, I realized none of it was important....
Where we’ve been
Mid Pines Restored — Donald Ross is back in Southern Pines
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; photos by Kevin Gaydosh and Jeff Rendall SOUTHERN PINES, NC – “It was really a dream come true to work on and be a part of the restoration of Mid Pines,” remarked course architect Kyle Franz, the lead mind behind returning the Donald...
The Oconee Course at Reynolds Lake Oconee – Golf’s Hippocratic Oath taken to its logical extreme
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Matthew Rendall GREENSBORO, GA – When a medical student is ready to embark on a career as a physician, he or she must first take the Hippocratic oath, which originated in ancient Greece and roughly translated today means “First, do no...
Maui Nui Golf Club — A Hawaii golf experience that won’t break your wallet
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Charles Rendall KIHEI, MAUI, HI – I don’t know about you, but one of the things I dread most about traveling to a touristy destination like Hawaii is the prospect of paying supersized prices for products and activities that just don’t...
Kinloch Golf Club — Nourishment for Future Comparisons
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos By Kevin Gaydosh and Jeffrey A. Rendall Kinloch's Website MANAKIN-SABOT, VA -- Kinloch Golf Club's been called the 'Augusta National' of Virginia. Most folks, when talking about golf courses, categorize...
Kiawah Island Golf Resort’s Ocean Course — An Exhilarating Pounding
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Photos By Kevin Gaydosh CONGRATULATIONS to Phil Mickelson for winning the 2021 PGA Championship. It's often said that golf is the sport of a lifetime, and Mickelson proved it. If a 50-year-old can compete with the best a sport has to offer, it...
PGA West Stadium Course — The Hardest Examination You’ll Ever Love
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Scot Rendall LA QUINTA, CA – It isn’t often you walk off a golf course having struggled mightily and subsequently learn your troubles were exactly what the owners had planned from the beginning, but it’s not every day you see a layout...
Stuff that’s useful – and fun
Miura Golf’s Series 1957 Wedges — Good golfers will find them
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images Courtesy of Miura Golf HEMIJI, JAPAN – Japanese golf club-making guru Katsuhiro Miura is a confident fellow, and has adopted a philosophy for the company which bears his name: ‘The good golfer will find me.’ Miura has a reason to be...
Brava Driver Shaft from Breakthrough Golf Technology – Long and Straight adds years to your life
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from Breakthrough Golf Technology RICHARDSON, TX – “I’m 83 and would gladly welcome an advanced blend of ingredients in pill form that would move me back to 73,” remarked innovative golf club design legend Barney Adams when I asked him if...
ASICS GEL-ACE PRO M STANDARD Golf Shoes — No need to think about it
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Images from ASICS HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA -- Don’t think, just do. It’s something Tom Cruise’s Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell character instructed his students to do in the aptly named box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick”. I can’t speak for Pete,...