Wednesday, September 18, 2019
When EU Becomes An Empire, Its Clash With The U.S. Is Inevitable
When EU Becomes An Empire, Its Clash With The U.S. Is Inevitable: 'The world of tomorrow is a world of empires, in which we can only defend your interests in a European framework,' says a key EU leader.
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Why Plastic Straws Are Actually Better For The Planet Than Paper Straws
Why Plastic Straws Are Actually Better For The Planet Than Paper Straws: Don't be convinced you're saving Earth by drinking out of a terrible straw. Plastic straws aren't killing the planet, and science can’t stop proving it.
Witnesses Defended Kavanaugh. NYT Authors Falsely Claimed Silence
Witnesses Defended Kavanaugh. NYT Authors Falsely Claimed Silence: A new Atlantic-published excerpt of the book attempts to resurrect Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly's anti-Kavanaugh smears but once again has a major error.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Average U.S. FICO Score Hits All-Time High Thanks To Trump Economy
Average U.S. FICO Score Hits All-Time High Thanks To Trump Economy: Americans' average FICO score has hit an all-time high with a reported average national credit score of 706, a score FICO considers 'great.'
Things you find out when you Google yourself
My name pops up in a lot of places on the Internet because I work for a newspaper and have been known to write a story or two. Or 5,000 or 6,000 … but who’s counting? I’ve also posted hundreds of my opinion columns online ... way back when I had the time to write columns.
Once in a while, my name pops up in the strangest places. Until recently, I had no idea that I was mentioned in a book.
It wasn’t exactly a best seller, but there I am on page 456 of “Actors of the Spaghetti Westerns” by James Prickette. I gotta hand it to Mr. Prickette for doing extensive research on the actors who appeared in a series of classic 1960s movies directed by the legendary Sergio Leone.
So how do I fit in with Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Sergio Leone? This is where I applaud Mr. Prickette for doing his homework.
I wrote an article way back in 1989 about actor Lee Van Cleef, who died of a heart attack that December at age of 64. While his name may not have been a household word, everyone who has ever watched Westerns will instantly recognize Van Cleef. It’s a face you won't soon forget.
He’s best known for the “Spaghetti Westerns” that were critical and box-office hits in the mid-1960s and made a star out of a little-known TV actor named Clint Eastwood. Van Cleef played Eastwood’s arch-rival in two of the films, “For A Few Dollars More” in 1965 and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” in 1966.
In the latter film, Van Cleef played “the Bad” of the title trio, with Eastwood (“the Good”) and Eli Wallach (“the Ugly”) handling the other two leads.
I wasn’t working for Variety magazine or The Hollywood Reporter at the time of Van Cleef’s death. Turns out the actor was a native of Somerville, N.J., and I was an editor at the Somerset Messenger Gazette, a community newspaper based in Somerville.
I was also the biggest Clint Eastwood fan around and everyone at the newspaper knew it. While I normally assigned stories to reporters, I decided to write about Van Cleef's untimely passing myself.
It was the first and so far the only opportunity to mention my favorite actor — Clint Eastwood — in a news story.
The article I wrote was titled, “Somerville remembers the good side of a ‘bad guy’” and I was able to track down several local residents who grew up with Van Cleef and remembered him fondly before he went off to Hollywood to make a name for himself in moving pictures.
Back to James Prickette and his book. The author billed the book as “A unique reference book, jammed full of informational tidbits about some of our favorite actors of the genre…”
And he certainly did find unique information, referencing the article I wrote in which I recounted that a young Lee Van Cleef wrote a column for The Messenger Gazette about his experiences in Hollywood. The newspaper featured many dispatches about Van Cleef as his career blossomed in television and eventually the big screen.
Not every small town can boast a well-known actor. Van Cleef would often write letters of thanks to The Messenger Gazette, expressing his gratitude for publicity about his acting career chronicled in his hometown paper.
Prickette used that anecdote and a few others from my article in his book.
So there you have it. A nearly 30-year-old article about Lee Van Cleef found its way into a book and immortality … as long as Google is around.
Tony Phyrillas is editor of The Mercury in Pottstown and remains a huge Clint Eastwood fan to this day.
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Democrat Rep's Wife Demands Free Marriage Counseling In Health Plan
Democrat Rep's Wife Demands Free Marriage Counseling In Health Plan: If Democrats don’t like Obamacare plans for themselves, then why did they force all Americans to buy this insurance under penalty of taxation?
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Joe Biden Isn't Even Close To A Moderate
Joe Biden Isn't Even Close To A Moderate: Biden’s phony moderate shtick will only hold up for so long, as true moderates will see his tendency to move left with the rest of the party on key issues.
Wednesday, September 04, 2019
Democrats Continue To Turn On The Constitution
Democrats Continue To Turn On The Constitution: I'm sorry the Constitution is an annoyance, but the state isn’t here to give you everything you want—not even if what you want is extraordinarily popular.
Bloomberg Hit Piece Is Why Americans Distrust The Media
Bloomberg Hit Piece Is Why Americans Distrust The Media: Ben Penn’s smear of Leif Olson is the latest example of how cancel culture is hollowing out civic life and undermining the media’s credibility.
Dems Propose First Gun Grab Since Lexington And Concord
Dems Propose First Gun Grab Since Lexington And Concord: The media should stop using phrases like 'mandatory gun buybacks.' What Democrats propose is the first-ever national confiscation of guns.
The New Star Wars Land Is Proof Disney Has Lost Its Way
The New Star Wars Land Is Proof Disney Has Lost Its Way: The opening of Star Wars Land represents the continuation of Disney's trend: focusing almost exclusively on sequels, remakes, and marketing.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Women Surpass Men As Majority Of The College-Educated Labor Force
Women Surpass Men As Majority Of The College-Educated Labor Force: With no systematic discrimination preventing you from having a fulfilling life and a rewarding career, this is the best time to be a woman in America.
AOC's Instagram Rant Confirms Her Cluelessness About Climate Change
AOC's Instagram Rant Confirms Her Cluelessness About Climate Change: During an Instagram video, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez discussed her thoughts on climate change. Her comments were riddled with factual inaccuracies.
The Left Can't Stop Lying About The Tea Party
The Left Can't Stop Lying About The Tea Party: Despite the convenient revisionism of leftists, there is no evidence that the Tea Party’s popularity was propelled by racism.
Saturday, August 24, 2019
The Empty Relevance Of Never Trump
The Empty Relevance Of Never Trump: The prominence of Never Trump pundits in liberal outlets is mostly fueled by a wistful longing for the days of the principled conservative who always lost.
The 15 Biggest Box Office Bombs Of Summer 2019
The 15 Biggest Box Office Bombs Of Summer 2019: Here's an entertaining list of the worst offerings to grace theaters this summer, as judged by plot and box office receipts.
CNN Just Paid Off Another Corrupt Deep State Leaker With A TV Contract
CNN Just Paid Off Another Corrupt Deep State Leaker With A TV Contract: CNN announced Thursday it has Andrew McCabe on as a contributor after criticizing other network hirings of former White House officials.
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
My Son's Orientation At Virginia Tech Was Full Of Leftist Propaganda
My Son's Orientation At Virginia Tech Was Full Of Leftist Propaganda: Now that I have witnessed college propaganda firsthand, I refuse to ignore the indefensible and discriminatory behavior of the liberal campus bullies.
Stop Believing The Big Lie That Washington Can Solve All Our Problems
Stop Believing The Big Lie That Washington Can Solve All Our Problems: Too many think we no longer need to roll up our sleeves and work, bottom-up, to earn a growing economy, a just society, or a stronger nation.
Scholastic's New Catalog Hawks Books To Stuff Kids With Identity Politics
Scholastic's New Catalog Hawks Books To Stuff Kids With Identity Politics: The world's largest publisher and distributor of books to kids, Scholastic has gone full woke. You won't believe the garbage they're selling.
Sunday, August 18, 2019
The New York Times Is Clueless About Conservatives
The New York Times Is Clueless About Conservatives: A recently released transcript shows just how biased the New York Times really is and how little they want to do to fix it.
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Basic Math Proves Prog Agenda Can't Be Funded By Soaking The Rich
Basic Math Proves Prog Agenda Can't Be Funded By Soaking The Rich: A new study revealed that it is mathematically impossible to pay for Democrats' proposals without dramatically raising taxes on the middle class.
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
Why Mass Illegal Immigration Probably Costs More Than You've Been Told
Why Mass Illegal Immigration Probably Costs More Than You've Been Told: Illegal immigration looks good for the economy on the surface, but a deeper look reveals exorbitant costs that hurt some of the worst-off in America.
8 Back-to-School Books To Protect Students Against Leftist Brainwashing
8 Back-to-School Books To Protect Students Against Leftist Brainwashing: High schools and colleges have become factories of anti-American, leftist indoctrination. Here are eight books every student needs to balance the fight.
Thursday, August 08, 2019
We Killed God, Family, And Community — And Now It's Killing Us
We Killed God, Family, And Community — And Now It's Killing Us: With the destruction of the family, the church, and the community, the outcome is predictable: isolation, depression, despondency, drug abuse, and death.
Republicans Boycott Twitter Ads Over McConnell Campaign Lockout
Republicans Boycott Twitter Ads Over McConnell Campaign Lockout: The NRCC became the latest organization to announce it would stop advertising on Twitter after the platform suspended Mitch McConnell's campaign account.
Gun Controllers Should Support Banning Alcohol And Cigarettes, Too
Gun Controllers Should Support Banning Alcohol And Cigarettes, Too: If gun control advocates are really worried about fatality numbers, restrictive firearm policies are not the place to start.
Wednesday, August 07, 2019
Here's Your Sane Guide To How We Scientifically Address Climate Change
Here's Your Sane Guide To How We Scientifically Address Climate Change: If climate alarmists would stop with their apocalyptic predictions, we could do a lot to mitigate the changing climate and solve our energy problems.
Saturday, August 03, 2019
Historian Victor Davis Hanson Examines The Triumph And The Tragedy of Donald Trump
VDH Examines The Triumph And The Tragedy of Donald Trump: In 'The Case For Trump,' scholar Victor Davis Hanson makes the case that Donald Trump will go down in history as a tragic hero.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
The Real Reason Most Conservative Elites Ignore Free Speech Concerns
The Real Reason Most Conservative Elites Ignore Free Speech Concerns: Instead of waiting for elites to lead the way, the silent majority of moderate and conservative Americans must break their silence before it’s too late.
Stop Pretending There Is A Consensus That Trump Is A Racist
Stop Pretending There Is A Consensus That Trump Is A Racist: The Democrats and much of the media have convinced themselves that President Trump is a racist. Much of the country disagrees.
Monday, July 29, 2019
Mueller’s Ignorance Of Fusion GPS Proves His Investigation Was A Sham
Mueller’s Ignorance Of Fusion GPS Proves His Investigation Was A Sham: Robert Mueller’s ignorance when queried about Fusion GPS exposed both the proceedings and the special counsel probe as a sham.
7 Times Mueller Played Dumb Before Congress For Partisan Advantage
7 Times Mueller Played Dumb Before Congress For Partisan Advantage: While much of the criticism of Robert Mueller’s testimony focused on his ignorance and confusion, at other times Mueller knew exactly what he was doing.
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
President Trump Could Lose 5 Million Votes And Still Win In 2020
President Trump Could Lose 5 Million Votes And Still Win In 2020: As Trump seeks reelection in 2020, his best bet is to pick up where he left off in 2016 and pay attention to the Electoral College.
Journalist Who Peddled Shoddy Kavanaugh Story Defends Al Franken
Journalist Who Peddled Shoddy Kavanaugh Story Defends Al Franken: Of all the people to write an article poo-poohing Al Franken's problems or fretting about journalistic excesses, Jane Mayer may be the very worst choice.
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Monday, July 15, 2019
Women From All 50 States Gather In D.C. To Advocate For Gun Rights
Women From All 50 States Gather In D.C. To Advocate For Gun Rights: The DC Project brings students, mom, competitive shooters, and firearm advocates to meet with members of Congress about rising female gun ownership.
Here's What You Need To Know About Single-Payer Health Care
Here's What You Need To Know About Single-Payer Health Care: Chris Jacobs joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss his new book, 'The Case Against Single Payer: How ‘Medicare for All’ Will Wreck America’s Health Care System.'
Saturday, July 13, 2019
Tucker Carlson Has A Point About The Dangers Of Immigration
Tucker Carlson Has A Point About The Dangers Of Immigration: We’re not very good at instilling American values in immigrants because we’re not very good about instilling them among the native-born.
Monday, July 08, 2019
New Report: Mueller Lacks Substantiating Evidence Of Russian Election Interference
New Report: Mueller Lacks Substantiating Evidence Of Russian Election Interference: New report reveals that Mueller's investigation missed key evidence to support its central claim that Russia was 100% responsible for election interference.
Sunday, July 07, 2019
3.3 Million Page Views at Tony Phyrillas on Politics
My site counter has recorded 3,300,000 Page Views at Tony Phyrillas on Politics. Thanks for checking out my blog ... and come back again.
Friday, July 05, 2019
Everyone Quotes The Declaration, But Not Many Read It
Everyone Quotes The Declaration, But Not Many Read It: The complex reality behind American independence is being pushed aside even in our study of the Declaration of Independence itself.
Kamala Harris Has A Bigger Problem Than Forced Busing
Kamala Harris Has A Bigger Problem Than Forced Busing: The debate exchange may damage presidential candidate Kamala Harris by highlighting that she tends to bluff and folds when called.
Thursday, July 04, 2019
No, You Don’t Have A ‘Right’ To ‘Free’ Health Care
No, You Don’t Have A ‘Right’ To ‘Free’ Health Care: Just because a government declares health care a right and socializes medicine, does it mean its citizens are more likely to obtain care? Nope.
8 Times The Media Said There Was No Crisis At The Southern Border
8 Times The Media Said There Was No Crisis At The Southern Border: Pundits are having to eat their words from just a few months ago claiming that the border crisis was manufactured by President Trump as a political stunt.
Monday, July 01, 2019
The Democratic Debates Are A Pageant Of Potemkin Socialism
The Democratic Debates Are A Pageant Of Potemkin Socialism: The Democratic debates feature a cadre of Potemkin socialists parading on a platform of dreams—sounding grand, but lacking in reality or broad support.
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