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Alaska Cruise Review Part V — Alaska ports of Call – Victoria, Canada, Butchart Gardens, Spaghetti Factory and Big City
Alaska ports of Call – Victoria, Canada, Butchart Gardens, Spaghetti Factory and Big City The fourth and final stop on our Alaska cruise was in Victoria, Canada, which is a requirement for cruises originating from American ports to include a foreign port to satisfy an...
Going to Maui? Part V – Beer on the beach and the hipp(-i-)est town on Maui’s north shore!
Maui Brewing Company Kaanapali – Suds and Sustenance and the beach at the same location! One of our favorite spots over the years for lunch and/or an occasional dinner is the Maui Brewing Company, which offers pretty decent pub-type food and a selection of homegrown...
Trump’s foreign policy in a nutshell — Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Donald Trump’s unconventional leadership style confounds friends and enemies alike Ask President Donald J. Trump a question and expect an answer. The country has come to know Trump as a straight shooter. We don’t always get the replies we’re...
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
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.
Fight to look “normal” breaks out among 2028 Democrat presidential wannabes
The absurdity of the variations – and base demands – in the 2028 presidential field where potential candidates try to be everything to everyone in the jumbled sociopolitical mess that is today’s Democrat party. No individual appears to have a distinct edge – and watching them sort themselves out will be fascinating.
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Can Virginia Stop Spanberger’s Gerrymander?
Robert Stacy McCain, American Spectator The facts are simple: In the 2024 election, Democrats carried Virginia by less than a four-point margin, with 51.4 percent for Kamala Harris and 47.6 percent for Donald Trump. The current congressional delegation almost exactly...
Democrat Perfidy Knows No Bounds
Daniel Oliver, American Greatness Democrats' pivot reveals a cynical truth about the modern American legislature. For members like Durbin and Shaheen, the goal isn’t actually a consistent foreign policy; rather, it’s the maintenance of a carefully constructed fence of...
Taxpayer Funding of Planned Parenthood Increased to $832M in 2024-2025
The Center Square (Tate Miller), The Star News Network Planned Parenthood received $832 million in taxpayer funding in 2024-2025, an increase of $39.8 million from its previous report. A record number of abortions also were performed by the organization. President of...
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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,...