Reflections on music, movies, TV, sports, American History, and other stuff.

If someone would have told me ten years ago that pawn shops would become a big business, I would have thought they were crazy.  Looking at ...

I used to give my dad a hard time when I was a kid because he disliked so many show business people because of their wild private lives.  ...

The Cadillac has withstood the test of time and is still popular today. In 1953, a Series 62 Caddy four door sedan loaded was selling fo...

I was taught as a child to be careful who I criticize.   It may be some of the best advice I ever had since the best course to take when d...

Unless you are a certain age, you probably never heard of Walter Winchell (1897-1972). Winchell was a radio and newspaper guy who deal...

By Jim McAllister Note:  This article was originally published on April 27, 2005 in the  NORTH SCOTTSDALE   INDEPENDENT .  I was fascinate...

If you are a certain age and were usually watching your money while enjoying your youth in the military or college, you probably can be co...

Even  left leaning political cartoonist Steve Benson of the AZ Republic is having fun with this.  Start checking the want ads, Joe.  E ...

(left)  Junior Seau while playing for the New England Patriots Junior Seau was one of my favorite players in the NFL for many years....

Keith Olbermann, "Buddy, could you spare a dime?" As you may already know, liberal loudmouth Keith Olbermann has been fired ...

(left) A beautiful, quivering, tomato aspic from the 50s I can’t remember a time when there was not some kind of crazy food fad maki...

A new 2010 Ford Escape with gas engine:  $20,515  The hybrid version stickered for $31,500! I read an article in either the Arizona Rep...

The king of income redistribution is at it again for the umpteenth time.  It’s not like we haven’t heard this “spread the wealth around” p...

Rita Hayworth My buddy in New England, Allen, has sent to me a great YouTube clip that I think is worth watching for a couple of rea...

Columnist Rich Lowry makes some interesting points about the Trayvon Martin case in his column of March 31. Lowry opines that “….if Mar...

James Dean's ultra cool 1949 Mercury used in his film "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955).  Dean was a great influence to teenagers...