Political

Have you voted yet? Election officials in Angelina County say more than 5600 people voted early, in the two weeks prior to today's primary. The race for Angelina County Sheriff is one to watch. On the Republican side voters will choose between Allen Hill and Greg Sanches. Jim Hodges runs unopposed as a Democrat for Sheriff. The polls are open from 7am to 7pm today, so let your voice be heard.

Ever been to an auto racing event where you tried to control your enthusiasm?  How about a horse race, where it's neck and neck between "Bumblebee", and "Sunflower"?  Don't forget that 100 yard wire-to-wire track and field event that raised your blood pressure 30 points in less than 15 seconds!  Then, there's catching the biggest fish at Toledo Bend's Big Bass Splash this weeke

Was standing in an usually long line at the convenience store during today's lunch hour.  Thought I'd treat myself to some Cheetos and a rather runny "Icee" while waiting to get a gas receipt, when two men in front of me began a heated political exchange that somehow found its way to my quiet corner of life. One of the men was substantially bigger than me, so when he asked my opinion abo

Ted Nugent responded to the notion that he’s not a moderate during an interview on ‘CBS This Morning’ by, well, flipping out a bit, offering — in off-color language — to perform sexual acts on both the male reporter and a nearby female producer if they could find someone who cares more about people and the planet than he does.

Not to be confused with the Titanic distress call, May Day occurs on May 1st each year, and by most accounts, flitters into oblivion, without even so much a whimper of notice.  Not this year!

In the great African safari of self-expression, Ted Nugent is the thick-skinned and audacious rhinoceros. The rocker, defender of gun rights and avid hunter fired a verbal muzzleloader at Democrats in Washington D.C. last weekend. His comments were specifically aimed at President Obama and his cabinet.

Kiss bassist Gene Simmons appeared on Fox News Channel’s ‘Fox & Friends’ and the hot topics The Demon touched on included the 2012 election, President Obama, who he supported in 2008, and of course, a Gene business endeavor in the form of his Rock & Brew bar that’s launching near the Los Angeles Airport.

Is it possible President Obama is looking to sing his way back into the White House this November? Last night the Commander in Chief was joined on stage by all all-star band that included Mick Jagger, Jeff Beck, B.B. King, Buddy Guy and Booker T. Jones. It took some convincing, but the President fronted the group of legends, if only for a few bars of ‘Sweet Home Chicago.’

After recently reuniting with lead singer Jimi Jamison, a member of Survivor has now gone to court to protect one of the group’s best known songs, ‘Eye of the Tiger,’ from being used by Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich.

2011 can be tracked by its dramatic events, beginning with the Tuscon shooting that critically wounded US Rep. Gabby Giffords and continuing all the way up to the death of Muammar Gadhafi in October. Our minds were consumed with thoughts of the earthquake in Japan, the death of Steve Jobs and all the anxiety that came with the Occupy Wall Street protests ...

When presidential candidate Mitt Romney used Kid's song “Born Free” at a campaign rally in Arizona, some wondered whether he had permission from Kid himself. Kid Rock responded on his blog and said bascially, it's cool! Kid says Romney and any others "do not need permission...

Today is the 78th anniversary of the end of Prohibition, that era from January 1919 to December 5, 1933 when teetotalers banned the sale of booze via the Eighteenth Amendment.