Richardcyoung.com

Rush on Martha’s Vineyard

By

I was 10 years old the first time I heard the band Rush. I remember it like it was yesterday. We were on a sailing trip with our friends the Gracias, staying on a mooring in Martha’s Vineyard. Our boats were rafted together in Edgartown harbor. After dinner, the adults stayed on our boat and […]

Dangerous Waters

By

On a recent trip to Key West, my family went on a special Danger Charters cruise to see the Blue Angels. It was a great way to see the show. But that may have been the Blue Angels’ last performance, because their budget is being cut as a result of the sequester. What a joke.

Is Anyone Paying Attention Here?

By

It turns out the state of Illinois misled municipal bond investors by not disclosing its unfunded pension liability. Here we are in 2013, and the scolding from the SEC is about bond disclosures going back to 2005 and 2009. What’s the rush?

VIDEO: Steve Gadd: Way Back Home

By

A better R&B quintet sound would be hard to find. Cornell Dupree was one of the top three R&B guitarists around. Larry Goldings is a top three Jazz Hammond B3 organ guy. Ronnie Cuber is a top three jazz baritone sax player (Way Back Home needs a baritone sax).  Eddie Gomez is a top ten […]

A (B)RAND New Day: Stand with Rand

By

The old guard of the Republican Party flashed its true colors last week. All it took was a 13-hour filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul to get the neocons on the Wall Street Journal editorial board worked up into a lather. According to the editors, Rand Paul was being childish and theatrical. “He needs to know […]

Sheep Get Killed: How to Be a Wolf

By

Your voice could save your life. Using it effectively is the single most important defensive tactic I learned in my latest self-defense and survival training course. Over the eight-hour course “Introduction to Defensive Shooting,” the third installment in a four-part shooting development series at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, New Hampshire, there’s a lot of […]

Farewell to a Sports Radio Icon

By

Sports radio host and Boston icon Glenn Ordway was fired last week because ratings were down for his WEEI-FM program, The Big Show.  What a shame. Ordway got his break as a Celtics game commentator alongside the legendary Johnny Most. Now he’s gone.

This Man Can Show You How to Create Wealth

By

Senator Rand Paul gave the Tea Party’s response to President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address. While the president puts government in every piece of your business, Dr. Paul wants it out of your business. You can’t have a nation of prosperity built on redistribution of wealth. It’s time for big government to get […]

Who is Rand Paul?

By

The Heritage Foundation welcomed Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) last week to speak about foreign policy. This is not your father’s Heritage Foundation. It is now led by the former Senator from SC, Jim DeMint who you may recognize from his work with the Club for Growth and FreedomWorks.