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Seeking volunteers for a heart-to-heart with President Trump about his social media
What’s more important to Trump? Making America Great Again or the need to steer the social media train? Who’s the boss? Where does the buck stop? For whom does the political bell toll? Trump risks not only the Republicans’ prospects this year, but also the future potential of his MAGA crew, namely vice president J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, amongst others. What’s more important, his lasting legacy, or his social media urge?
Good – and bad – poll news on the economy and immigration for Republicans
Republicans need to do a much better job of defending their policies and beliefs, particularly on the economy and immigration. As I’ve argued, winning the public relations battle is paramount this year. Here’s yet another call for GOP candidates to aggressively tout the good things going on in America. Democrats and the establishment media won’t let up; why should Republicans?
Desperate Democrat doomsayers probe for solution to 2030 demographic inevitability
Republicans know the interstate population trends suggest that time is on their side. Democrats have a reason to be concerned about what’s happening among the people themselves. They can’t kick Trump around forever, and the man himself appears as though he’s learned to manage the PR game as well. Democrats may look like they’re on offense, but they’re really running scared. An authentic realignment may not be happening, but good days are ahead.
Latest News and Updates
Redistricting Betrayal in Virginia
David Catron, American Spectator Statewide elections used to be so conventional that no one much cared. That was before the invasion of the bureaucratic property snatchers and the grotesque creatures who lead the “teacher’s” unions. Now, the Old Dominion has become a...
Should Trump shake up his Cabinet?
Byron York, Washington Examiner Firing a cabinet member would undoubtedly give Democrats a burst of energy and make them resolve to keep up their attacks. “Trump’s adversaries would have a scalp, and they would be eager to get another one, and another one, and another...
Trump should insist on E-Verify
Michael McKenna, Washington Times The administration needs to take the next logical step and mandate E-Verify nationally. Although that won’t solve every problem, it would redirect enforcement toward the weak spot in the system: those who employ illegal workers. Those...
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,...