The McCain Ranch: As the Sun Sinks Slowly . . .

by David Safier The meetings at Rancho McCain are over, the visiting cowpokes have returned to their own spreads, and it’s time for McCain to hit the trail once again — the campaign trail, that is. I had an unpleasant thought a few minutes ago as I was preparing to wrap up this McCain Ranch … Read more

Memorial Day and Politics

"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"-Samuel Johnson "It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed."-Samuel Johnson Men who disdained military service themselves asked American soldiers to die for a mission that shifts like the sand, but … Read more

Politics, Profit, and Personal Loss

by Jeff Latas My life has changed over that last ten months and the meaning of Memorial Day changed with it. There have been some comments on one of the later post here on BFA about politicizing Memorial Day, what is fair and what is objectionable when a political point of view references our troops, … Read more

The McCain Ranch: Advice to a Young Man

by David Safier Here’s where the new media has it all over the traditional press. This morning, the NY Times gives us A Glimpse of Weekend at McCain’s, filled with such intimate, first-hand accounts as: “I thought I did pretty good for my first day as a paparazzi,” said Mr. Wadsworth, 43, who showed a … Read more