Blogs and Vlogs
Star of the Seas Caribbean Vacation Blog, Part V – St. Maarten, Hooked Seafood, Price is Right and the Craziest (raunchiest?) Quest you’ll ever see
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeff, Matthew and Bethany Rendall St. Maarten for non-beach people. It was still worthwhile. We knew after a relatively late evening the previous night that it would be harder to get going the next day in St. Maarten, but we were...
Yanks Air Museum – Visit the flying machines that saved the world
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeff Rendall and Matthew Rendall CHINO, CA -- This may very well date me, but one of my favorite shows in my elementary school years was “Baa Baa Black Sheep”, starring Robert Conrad. The show was retitled, “Black Sheep Squadron” at...
RINO losers worried about post-election Trump reaction, cite J6 as reason for concern
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Only losers worry about what others will do and say when the team comes up short How many times have you caught yourself worrying about what might transpire after something’s over? Chances are it happens more than we’d expect, with skittish...
European Cruise Destinations: Barcelona – Drink in the sights, sounds, culture and history of the Sagrada Familia dominated Barcelona. Prepare to be wowed.
By Jeffrey A. Rendall; Photos by Jeff Rendall and Shari Rendall Yes, the Olympics were In Barcelona in 1992. Be prepared to see much more. Barcelona? You mean the place where the 1992 summer Olympic Games were held? Such was the reaction I had when my wife mentioned...
Commentary, Current Events and Politics
RINO losers worried about post-election Trump reaction, cite J6 as reason for concern
I don’t put much stock in the “the polls are always wrong” theory many conservatives put forth to cushion the blow when election results don’t go as hoped. Living in Virginia taught me that the polls, though frequently faulty, weren’t wrong last year. Here’s thinking the mood of the country is reflected in the survey numbers. President Trump will deal with them one way or the other.
JB Pritzker’s new body makes him a lighter, skinnier gasbag rather than a big fat one
Glancing at the expanded picture, it’s JB Pritzker’s off-putting, nails-on-a-chalkboard personality that represents his biggest obstacle to national political success. JB is brash and bombastic, and not in a Trump-ian kind of good way. Pomposity and puffed-up arrogance isn’t a selling point, something most Democrats have yet to grasp.
Democrats’ bogus ‘affordability’ pitch exploits uneducated and reactionary human nature
One segment of the American population will probably always think things are too expensive. That’s part of living in the United States where just about everything is available in abundance. Some reason that government has a role in making things “affordable”. As long as this belief persists, you will have the “affordability” issue. Don’t let Democrats get away with it.
Latest News and Updates
The Enemy Within (Mamdani certainly sounds like he’s in league with the enemy.)
Scott McKay, American Spectator A sane society would look at Mamdani and seriously question whether he isn’t a traitor. He certainly sounds like he’s in league with the enemy. That society would also look at the electorate which made him the mayor of America’s largest...
Justice Alito says ‘very little was done’ about intimidating protests
Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan, Washington Times Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said “threatening” protests are part of a campaign to try to intimidate the justices, and he lamented that neither the Biden DOJ nor local prosecutors attempted to charge those who engaged in...
The 2028 Race Is About to Start and JD Vance Has Already Won (Probably)
Kurt Schlichter, Townhall The nominee is going to be JD Vance unless either JD Vance or Donald Trump decides it’s not going to be JD Vance. No debate. There’s no actual contest. That’s how it’s going to work out. That’s the only way it can work out. Anybody telling...
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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,...