http://www.flynnfiles.com/ en-us dan@flynnfiles.com 2012-02-06T00:10:28-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/sports2012/a_super_bowl_.html Congratulations to the New York Giants for their victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl 46. Eli is elite. Like their matchup four years ago, this one put the "Super" in Super Bowl. Congratulations also to ASDF for... 3890@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ sports 2012-02-06T00:10:28-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/sports2012/super_bowl_46.html The official FlynnFiles Super Bowl 46 pool is here. The Patriots are a 2.5 point favorite over the Giants and the over-under is 54. Select the team that beats the spread, pick whether the total will go "over" or "under"... 3889@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ sports 2012-02-03T13:18:41-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/articles2012/the_anticatholic_president_v_the_catholic_bishops.html If the government had force-fed al Qaeda operatives bacon sandwiches, everyone would get the injustice. But forcing Catholic institutions to pay for the birth control, contraceptives, and abortifacients of their employees somehow doesn't set of all sorts of alarms. The... 3888@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ articles 2012-02-03T08:17:54-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/dan_flynn2012/cigar_weather.html Winter enables me to dispense with some unsavory habits, not the least of which is cigar smoking. It simply gets too cold, even in my battic, to smoke a cigar during New England's annual ice age. And I dare not... 3887@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ dan flynn 2012-02-02T12:11:42-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/politics2012/sunshine_state_shines_on_mitt.html Mitt Romney rebounded from his South Carolina loss with a convincing Sunshine State victory. If the millionaire Mormon from Massachusetts can make it here, he can make it anywhere. The way Gingrich lost last night exemplifies why he is such... 3886@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ politics 2012-02-01T00:00:22-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/articles2012/mass_sterilization.html The Fuehrer supposedly took the sterilization debate with him to the grave. A Massachusetts judge, who earlier this month ordered that a bipolar and schizophrenic woman be "coaxed, bribed, or even enticed...by ruse" to abort her pregnancy and undergo sterilization,... 3885@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ articles 2012-01-31T08:20:09-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/articles2012/newtonian_physics.html What comes up must come down. The Newt Gingrich who emerged triumphant in South Carolina will likely depart Florida a loser tomorrow. Gingrich enthusiast Sarah Palin blames his decline on the "politics of personal destruction." If this is so, it... 3884@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ articles 2012-01-30T00:25:33-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/articles2012/fair_is_so_unfair.html President Barack Obama said in his State of the Union address that he wants an America where everyone gets "a fair shot" and "everyone does their fair share." We all agree that fair is, well, fair. We all disagree on... 3883@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ articles 2012-01-27T08:51:03-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/pop_culture2012/my_new_silvery_gizmo.html In keeping with my iPod v. the album theme, I have been making a conscious effort to listen to at least one album every day on my new silvery gizmo. Since 300 or so albums made the transition from physical... 3882@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ pop culture 2012-01-25T12:12:48-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/sports2012/hockey_players_will_play_politics_politicians_will_play_hockey.html Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas skipped the White House event honoring the Stanley Cup champions yesterday. "I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People," the playoffs MVP explained. "This... 3881@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ sports 2012-01-24T11:19:24-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/articles2012/newt_and_improved.html Newt Gingrich won the South Carolina presidential primary. So did Mark Sanford, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, and any other disgraced pol jonesing for a comeback. Who says cheaters never win? A vote for the former House Speaker is a vote... 3880@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ articles 2012-01-23T00:10:07-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/articles2012/the_cantabrigian_egalitarian.html Senator Scott Brown officially kicked off his campaign for reelection last night. Despite the senator from Massachusetts' iconic pick-up truck and barn coat, Brown is not the one running as a populist in this race. Elizabeth Warren, salt of the... 3879@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ articles 2012-01-20T09:33:25-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/2012/my_three_sons_wives.html I just got a note from Michael Krull, Newt Gingrich's campaign coordinator. It reads, "We've got about 48 hours left here in South Carolina and I'm slammed, so I have to keep this short. Bunch of new polls out today.... 3878@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ 2012-01-19T14:05:34-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/politics2012/perry_drops_out.html The debate about debates is over. Debates won. Rick Perry ended his campaign for the presidency today. His campaign for the presidency really ended when he stepped behind the podium in any of a number of debates. He was like... 3877@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ politics 2012-01-19T12:37:14-05:00 http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/articles2012/viva_la_revolucion.html Mercedes Benz expropriated Che Guevara iconography last week to sell cars at a trade show in Las Vegas. What happened in Vegas didn't stay in Vegas. Infuriated Cubans demanded an apology. Read my column @ Human Events that wonders if... 3876@http://www.flynnfiles.com/ articles 2012-01-16T11:45:08-05:00