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Profound Stupidity

"Don't give me any of that 'freedom of speech' guff."

Now that the world has gone back to work following New Year's weekend, I suppose I need to get back to work offering opinions on relatively weighty topics myself. That's one of the main reasons I do this, after all.

For the life of me, I don't understand why any parent in their right mind would allow their child to attend the University of Missouri. The place has been taken over by radical progressives who have raised racial grievance-mongering to a whole new jaw-dropping level.




Consider, for instance, the pronouncement from Chuck Henson, a law professor (!) at the university and its new Vice-Chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (see what I mean about racial grievance-mongering?), that "the First Amendment does not give people a free pass to go around saying hateful things."

Actually, professor, the First Amendment does precisely that. That someone who could say such a profoundly stupid thing is actually teaching law at Mizzou tells you all you need to know to decide your kids are better off somewhere else.

Come and get me, Professor Henson. I'm not hard to find...

Things That Make Me Happy: Raiders Sweep Edition

To a fan of my beloved Kansas City Chiefs, nothing is better than beating the Oakland Raiders. Nothing. Well, maybe winning a Super Bowl. Maybe.

In a game that was sloppier than you'd like to see with the playoffs just a week away, the Chiefs beat the Raiders 23-17 at Arrowhead Stadium to complete a season sweep of the hated Silver-and-Black.

Chiefs QB Alex Smith didn't have his best game, throwing for just 156 yards, and being intercepted twice (one of which was returned for a touchdown).

He did throw touchdown passes to Jeremy Maclin and Demetrius Harris, and he ran for 61 yards as part of a ground game that produced 189 yards and a touchdown. Good enough, especially combined with a stifling defense that held the Raiders to just 205 yards of net offense and sacked Raiders QB Derek Carr six times.





The Chiefs have now won 10 straight games for the first time in franchise history, and will face the AFC South champion Houston Texans at NRG Stadium on Saturday. The Chiefs defeated the Texans 27-20 there in Week 1 of the season.

"Admit it: You're expecting another heart-breaking playoff loss, aren't you?"

The last time the Chiefs won a playoff game, the legendary Joe Montana was our quarterback, and Bill Clinton hadn't been sworn in as president for his first term yet
(that would happen four days later). Let's just say I'm cautiously pessimistic...

A Fair Point

From the pen of the indispensable Chip Bok, whose editorial cartoons you should read regularly, as I do.

Until Next Time...

On January 4, 1967 a record appeared in the stores containing music which sounded so completely different from everything else available that you couldn't quite get a handle on it at first. One true test of quality is uniqueness, and The Doors were definitely that.

The band certainly didn't follow the musical conventions of the time on their eponymous debut album. Its sound was dominated not by Robby Krieger's guitar but by Ray Manzarek's electric organ, drummer John Densmore was not flashy and hated touring, and singer Jim Morrison's voice was had an oddly unpleasant, almost atonal quality.





Nevertheless, the album's first single "Light My Fire" became one of the iconic hits of the 1960s even though its length made it a tough fit for AM radio airplay. It reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart on July 29 and spent three weeks in the top spot.

The album and single launched the group on what turned out to be a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career. Both The Doors and "Light My Fire" have been selected for the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the album was also selected for the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry.

Today's send-off is the remastered (and speed-corrected) version of the original album track of "Light My Fire." Enjoy...