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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...
Worst kept secret in America is Democrats’ plan to impeach Trump if they win in ‘26
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Some Democrats have let it slip that impeaching Trump – again – is what they’re after In a world chock full of poorly kept secrets – or flat-out fibs, misrepresentations and lies – this one could just be the worst tidbit of truth no longer under...
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
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.
Lethargic and wimpy Republican congresspeople need an inertia intervention — now
Thankfully, the “silent majority” Republican base doesn’t require stupid gimmicks or over-the-top political trickery to motivate them to vote for solid leadership. They proved it – three times – by turning out for first-time politician Donald Trump. But conservatives do ask that Republicans keep their promises and give them something to believe in. Republicans take note and maybe, just maybe, the voter-enthusiasm poll numbers will turn around.
Latest News and Updates
Trump vows to fire Powell from the Fed if he stays on past end of his chairman’s term
Mary McCue Bell, Washington Times President Trump said he will fire Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell if he does not leave the central bank after his successor is installed. When asked by Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on Wednesday about Mr. Powell staying...
Cook Political Report: Four Key Senate Races Shift Toward Democrats
Bryan Hyde, American Greatness Four key U.S. Senate races has shifted toward the Democrats in the upcoming November midterm elections. According to The Hill, The Cook Political Report shifted the ratings to the left for the North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio, and Nebraska...
Democrats Stage a Show of Respect for Al Sharpton. Really?
Jason L. Riley, Wall Street Journal Several 2028 Democratic hopefuls journeyed to New York last week to pay homage to Mr. Sharpton. It’s been clear for some time that the best way to address social inequality is economic growth. Black-white gaps in earnings shrank in...
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,...