Trump Derangement Syndrome is no joke. Thursday evening began the NFL draft in Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the Packers. To kick off this much anticipated event, former Packers' linebacker and legend Clay Matthews had a special message for the fans, supposedly from President Donald Trump. "I just got off...

One of the most polarizing figures in recent football history has endured what some would regard as a well-earned comeuppance. Of course, time will tell whether or not that characterization qualifies as fair. Either way, during the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday evening in Green Bay, Wisconsin,...

Those who have the courage to stand up to the mob will triumph. In a Monday news release, Alliance Defending Freedom announced that the University of Louisville has settled with Dr. Allan Josephson, a psychiatrist who once led the school's Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology. Josephson caused...

Some institutions would improve merely by scrapping them and starting fresh. The federal government leaps to mind, as does the American public school system. According to Fox News, the family of an accomplished Christian student, denied graduation over her refusal to take what they described as an "LGBTQ+ affirming" and...

President Donald Trump's administration has declared war on those who declared war on American citizens. After all, among other things, the Trump administration values freedom, security, merit, and health. And those who declared war on American citizens did so in part by attacking all of those things. Friday morning on...

Those who push a woke racial narrative should at least have to answer one question. In short, if 19th- and 20th-century segregationists would have approved of it, should you? Thursday night in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the National Football League, evidently unfazed by the broader public rejection of woke racial division,...

Vice President J.D. Vance offered an appropriate one-line response to Democrats who are up in arms about the Friday arrest of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan. The judge has been accused by the Department of Justice of aiding an illegal immigrant to evade capture by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers....

Despite his massive popularity and influence, it’s obvious Eric Clapton just wants to play the blues — with occasional wanderings into sterile territory whenever the mood strikes. So, in 2001, he did just that for his 14th studio album. Reptile is a well-rounded effort that places the guitarist at the center of his own domain. The lineup of tunes is neatly assembled and evenly spaced in terms of mode and tone. While Clapton doesn’t necessarily burn up the fretboard, his playing is as dexterous, proper and discerningly executed as ever. The title track, which opens the album, is a mindful instrumental that showcases Clapton’s penchant for jazz stylings. From there, it’s straight to the blues for “Got You On My Mind.” Clapton nails the vocals cold while he wails away on his guitar between verses. Accompanied by guitarists Andy Fairweather Low, Doyle Bramhall II, bassist Nathan East, drummer Steve Gadd, along with splashes of keyboards from Joe Sample and Billy Preston — Clapton swings and rocks with a rekindled spirit on many of the 14 tracks. His rendition of J.J. Cale’s “Travelin’ Light” is testament enough that the man could take a powerful melody and kick it into gear when he wants to. For Clapton, the pull of the blues always seems to put things in perspective. On Ray Charles’ “Come Back Baby,” he simply delivers as fine of a performance as you can expect. When he scurries down mellower roads with such excursions as “Find Myself,” “Modern Girl” and the closing instrumental, “Son & Sylvia,” EC’s touch and feel of the material remains as consistent and inspired as when he tears into the blues. While many of us yearn for the days of Cream and Derek & The Dominoes, the fact remains that Eric Clapton still pours his heart and soul into every note he spews out — blues and beyond. ~ Shawn Perry Purchase Reptile 

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In an unprecedented success for conservation efforts, a tiny population of Guam kingfishers given a new home has laid its first eggs—after 40 years of the species being extinct in the wild. Exterminated from its Guam island home by invasive brown tree snakes, the kingfisher, known by Guam locals as a ‘sihek’, has survived entirely […] The post First Egg Laid in the Wild by Guam Kingfishers in 40 Years–Hanging on to Survival Thousands of Miles from Home appeared first on Good News Network.