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Anthem of the Seas Review Part IV – Questions answered about cruising. Plus, things that were “mid” about Anthem of the Seas
By Jeffrey A. Rendall, Photos by Jeffrey A. Rendall Questions Answered about our Alaska cruise It's safe to say that booking a “warm weather” cruise virtually guarantees that you’ll get more of a “traditional” cruise experience with pools, sunny decks and weather warm...
Non-Disney Florida Excursion, Day Five — Sea World; trick show entertainment with modern amusement park thrills
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Sea World combines animal trick show entertainment with modern amusement park thrills Having toured a sampling of central Florida’s non-Disney recreational offerings the previous few days getting a taste of major league spring training, delving...
Will America’s voter attitudes solely depend on the Iran War’s outcome in 2026?
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Will voters base candidate choices on the uneven Iran War, or look to kitchen table issues? Whenever a president commits the United States military to a mission, there will be political consequences. The Iran “War”, if you can actually call it a...
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
Will America’s voter attitudes solely depend on the Iran War’s outcome in 2026?
Americans don’t have long attention spans for events, but they do understand whether they have confidence in presidents and congresspeople to pass policies that will benefit them. Democrats won’t help Republicans sell the war effort, and they surely won’t offer assistance to President Trump, either. Time will tell. This fall will be interesting to watch.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s non-existent and phony voter coalition of skin color and envy
Democrats will go on attempting to expose their next presidential ticket leader. Or someone new could jump out at them. But flavors-of-the-moment haven’t done well in American politics. Just ask Michael Bloomberg if you don’t believe it. Democrat pundits will need to keep making lightweight wannabes like AOC sound good. It’s an unenviable task, isn’t it?
Republicans shouldn’t bank on Mamdani, Platner or Talarico tanking the D Party in 2026
Democrats can’t be trusted with power, period. Knowing in advance that Democrats’ only goal is victory will help Republicans concentrate their emphasis on what they need to do to win elections – and secure power for themselves. Homing in on the Democrats’ flawed freak candidates is only one piece of the puzzle.
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A Defense of Generation X As Its Moment Approaches
Scott McKay, American Spectator A country can’t outsource wisdom to a machine. It can’t delegate citizenship to an algorithm. It can’t allow technology to become a substitute for culture, community, family, faith, or common sense. Those things still matter, and they...
Don’t Forget the Broader Context of the Iranian Memorandum
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness The memorandum and what follows are not the end of the story but merely the beginning. What will follow—years of costly Iranian reconstruction, the absence of a nuclear deterrent, the ability of the U.S. to strike at will, an...
Poll: More than 90 Percent of Voters Opposing Data Centers Don’t Live near Them
Just the News (Christina Park), The Star News Network Only a small percentage of U.S. voters who oppose data centers live near one, a new poll by a consulting firm that counsels leading AI labs and tech startups found. The poll, conducted by Milltown Partners, which...
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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,...