Month: February 2015

If you’re like me, your opposition to the death penalty doesn’t come naturally. I think there are plenty of crimes involving torture and murder for which the appropriate penalty is death. And, while I don’t...

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Boeing C-97 in my extended detour from the Cape May 2nd Empire Victorian house.  I will be using my usual acrylics on an 10 by 10 inch...

According to my archives, in the entire ten year history of this blog, New York Times media critic David Carr has only been mentioned once on the front page. And it wasn’t me who mentioned him. In April 2007, I did a piece...

When was the last time that the Speaker of the House was 100% sober? I haven’t had a drop of ethanol in five months, but I also never had to sit through a State of the Union speech.

Yes, that’s a recent photograph, taken this year, of yours truly. Today is the day I come out of the shadows of internet anonymity (what little is left of them). I am Steven D. Searls. I live in western New York. And yes,...