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Republicans mustn’t stop thinkin’ about yesterday to get serious about tomorrow
By Jeffrey A. Rendall Republicans must rediscover a sense of urgency in forgetting the past and looking to 2026 See if you remember this one: “If...
Thanksgiving prayers and the deeply vexing behavior of Marjorie Taylor Greene
Every year, it seems like Thanksgiving practically sneaks up on us without warning. There is much to be thankful for in the United States of America, including being led by people who know what they’re doing and set policies that will make next year – and the year after that – even better.
Trump must get back to being among the people to showcase MAGA’s universal appeal
Trump and his administration team have done a terrific job of working his policies and promoting them via press events and media coverage, but even a message master like Trump could use some additional “buzz” surrounding his day-to-day operations. Going out among the people just might do the trick.
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Endorser-in-chief Trump keeps his powder dry over 2026’s biggest Senate primaries
Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner President Donald Trump, long the Republican Party’s most influential kingmaker, is keeping unusually quiet in some of 2026’s biggest primaries, creating power vacuums across the map as candidates, donors, and governors wait for...
Ukraine Negotiations Highlight GOP Pivot Away From Bush Era Foreign Policy
Philip Wegmann, Real Clear Politics As an American delegation negotiates an end to the land war in Europe, a debate over the particulars of that proposed deal is reopening old wounds stateside, once again pitting Bush era foreign policy adherents against Trump’s...
What’s So New About Mamdani’s Socialism?
Daniel Oliver, American Greatness Public school (i.e., “government,” remember) education is a disaster, and college education isn’t much better, except, perhaps, at the highest level and most prestigious colleges. New York City Mayor-to-Be Mamdani can’t possibly...
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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,...