Three New York Giants players on the field during a football game: one player in the foreground is crouched in a ready position, another is centered in position to receive the snap, and a third is lined up to the right, waiting for the play to begin.

Buy a Ticket Like the Rest of Us: Why Eli Manning does NOT Belong in the Hall of Fame

By Byron Harvey / January 4, 2025 /

Let’s get this out of the way first: as a person, I like Eli Manning. Cool guy, nice foil for Peyton, would probably be fun to hang out with. But this is getting serious: Eli Manning is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame…and it’s an utter travesty. Utter to the uttermost. There…

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I Refuse to Cast a Dishonest Vote

By Byron Harvey / July 7, 2024 /

It’s election season and once again, we as Americans will be asked to make a choice; this time, as every four years, we will not only select all the members of our House of Representatives, and a substantial number of Senators, but we will choose our next president (not to mention an assortment of officeholders…

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Clifford Pauley: A Memorial

By Byron Harvey / May 27, 2024 /

Odin remembers. For a young airman named Clifford, this was it, the fiftieth and final run his country would ask of him, the final mission of his second 25-mission hitch. Statistically, the chances of making it through one full complement of twenty-five missions were about 25% in 1943. Three of every four airmen had their…

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The “Stolen Election” Hoax, Revisited

By Byron Harvey / May 6, 2024 /

A little over three years ago, I wrote a piece in which I made the claim that, not only DID I not believe the idea that the 2020 election was stolen, but that based on the things I had learned over the course of 60-plus years of living, as well as both the utter implausibility…

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A Tale of Two Baptisms

By Byron Harvey / April 28, 2024 /

The news greeted me last evening: today, Russell Brand is being baptized in the Thames River. This reminded me of my short trip last weekend to Ball Ground, GA, for the occasion of the baptism of my best buddy from junior high school, Wayde Trent. The stories of these two men are remarkably different…and remarkably…

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