 What Could and Should Have Been
by James Kilbourne
Today, October 7, 2004, marks the 45th anniversary of the death of Mario Lanza at 38 years of age. His legacy is great, but I can't stop myself from thinking what could (and should) have been. ... (Read more...)
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 All These Pesky Decisions...
by James Kilbourne
The following is a little glimpse into the Kerry campaign that I penned on July 2nd to help people see the real make-up of the man who would like to be our 44th President. (Read more...)
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Saturday
September 25, 2004 |
 John Kerry: Traitor
by James Kilbourne
What do you call a man who secretly meets with our enemy twice in Paris in the early seventies while we are at war with them and while we are involved with them in negotiations to end the war? (Read more...)
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Thursday
September 23, 2004 |
 Don't Be Cool. BE HOT!
by James Kilbourne
The most horrible way to live that I can imagine is to always be worried that you are not cool. The great fear becomes that you might embarrass yourself. To give in to that fear is the death knell of all in you that is sincere. (Read more...)
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 Serenade /Cavalcade of Show Tunes with Mario Lanza
by James Kilbourne
In a civilized world, Mario Lanza would have been cared for like the Hope diamond. In his career, he would have been singing with Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi, not Jean Fenn and Kathryn Grayson. (Read more...)
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La Boheme
by James Kilbourne
I often hear Barbara Branden tell a person who is reading Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead for the first time, “I envy you. I remember how I felt. What a wonderful world is opening up for you.” When she says this, I remember how I felt when I read these great works. And I remember how I felt when I first heard La Boheme. (Read more...)
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Gigli
by James Kilbourne
As most people know, Hollywood released a movie, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, called “Gigli.” It was recently released to cable, and I, like many people I am sure, watched it to see if it could really be as bad as the reviewers had said. My verdict: it’s not very good, but I’ve seen a lot worse. However, it is not with the movie that I want to spend our time. There is another “Gigli” you should know. (Read more...)
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Jose Pinera
by James Kilbourne
While most lovers of liberty sit around and debate how many anarcho-capitalists can dance on the head of a pin, Jose Pińera is flying around the world saving it. (Read more...)
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The Day My Grandmother Saved My Life
by James Kilbourne
If I had learned nothing else in my 22 years, I had learned that homosexuals were weak and disgusting people. I had never heard a serious challenge to that assessment. I had tried to save my self-esteem by telling myself I wasn’t really homosexual. (Read more...)
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2004 Presidential Race Prediction
by James Kilbourne
George W. Bush is going to win. The American people will see to that. And remember that Reagan’s greatest accomplishments came during his second term. If Bush gets hit by a bus tomorrow, he will go down as a great President. But his second term may remind us of Reagan’s famous line during the 1984 election: “You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” (Read more...)
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Our Friend Alfredo
by James Kilbourne
God damn you if the only two words you can find to put together when talking about people who leave their homelands to seek a better life for themselves and their families are “illegal aliens.” (Read more...)
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On First Hearing Mario Lanza
by James Kilbourne
If anyone ever personified a bounteous, ecstatic sense of life, it is Mario Lanza. It radiates from every cell of his being and every note he sings. There is nothing important about him that anyone can reveal to me; everything important has come to me through his songs - from his heart and mind, through that incomparable voice, directly to my heart and mind. (Read more...)
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Rendezvous with Destiny
by James Kilbourne
The speech was entitled “Rendezvous with Destiny,” and none of us was prepared for the strength of its content or the power of its presentation. I remember turning to a friend at its conclusion and saying, “Maybe we have the wrong candidate.” (Read more...)
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