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"Mallard Fillmore," meet "Doonesbury." It didn’t take long for the decision by Gannett Co. to drop the conservative comic strip "Mallard Fillmore" from its newspapers to be decried by conservative websites as just one more example of “cancel culture.” “Conservative 'Mallard Fillmore' cartoon canceled by leftists,” said the Independent Sentinel. The Red Alert declared, “Cancel culture has claimed another conservative scalp." And then there was the tweet by Bruce Tinsley, the cartoonist behind Mallard Fillmore: "Guess who 'Cancel Culture' got this time?" Not so fast. This notio...

One of the more impressive sights in the Country Music Hall of Fame is the cluster of 11 Grammy Awards credited to Roger Miller, the first country act to shake up the awards show scene as a crossover star. The artist won all 11 in a mere two years (1965 and 1966), off the strength of his critical and commercial hits “Dang Me” and “King of the Road.” Prior to Miller’s run of Grammy Awards success, country singers competed with popular folk artists for just one award: Best Country & Western Single. Winners of the lone country-specific trophy in the all-genre awards show’s first s...

The notion that there’s a liberal wave of intolerance badly misreads history. This nation has seen decades of backlash against provocative views.

Remember When Natalie Maines Criticized the President? This is not just a random walk down country controversy memory lane. It was March 10, 2003, when Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks — now the Chicks — told a crowd in London that they were "ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas," referring to George W. Bush. She made that remark during the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The resulting backlash was swift and severe. The immediate reaction was not as hostile as one would expect. The crowd cheered, and the superstar trio went to bed without a second thought about...

My Thoughts On The Morgan Wallen Drama Morgan Wallen is the topic of most radio shows this morning, not just country radio shows. Some all are calling for a boycott and some don't seem to care. I am going to give you my two cents on the issue. I am not going to give the entire story here, but if you want to read it check it out on our website: LoneStar923.com. To sum it up, Morgan Wallen was caught on video using a racial slur, which he has now apologized for. Now some country radio stations are pulling him form their play lists and others giving their opinions.