Right Turn Benefit Comedy Show at Regent Theatre Nov 7, 2009
This year s nine Comics for Recovery include Billy Gardell from The King of Queens, Yes, Dear, and My Name Is Earl, plus Ken Rogerson from Rescue Me and local faves Tony V, Jim Lauletta, and George MacDonald. Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. $15, $25, $75 (VIP). (Boston Globe)
• Minidoka school trustee resigns Aug 25, 2009
"He was an excellent board member," said George MacDonald, who has been a school district trustee for the past 15 years. "He had all the credentials.". (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
No Coward He Aug 12, 2009
As with George MacDonald Fraser s Flashman books, from which the Coward books take their inspiration, there s a fair bit of comical rogering, or near-rogering, which might be attractive for some, but for me it s the action that counts, the bravura recreation of history, the cordite-laced mixture of comical cock-ups and bloody realism, and the pretence that the whole thing is true (the books come complete with annotations). The narrative voice, rollicking, blunt, and brutal in Flashman, is a bit... (Human Events Online)
• Around the valley Jul 18, 2009
Re-elected board members Duncan and George MacDonald were also sworn into office. The board members voted to move the monthly board meeting to the third Monday of each month, except for the March meeting, which falls during spring break. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
• Minidoka school trustee takes issue with student seating at board meetings Jul 17, 2009
"The board made the decision (to seat them with the trustees) so the students would be recognized and associate with us at the table," said Trustee George MacDonald. Rogers told the students that other representatives in the past had suggested the move because it was awkward for them to have to excuse themselves after making their report. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Four Novels With Afghan Characters ... Jun 28, 2009
Flashman, by George MacDonald Fraser. This is the first book in the author s Flashman series of novels, which are in turn based on another. (Suite101.com)
• Incumbents win M-C school elections May 20, 2009
Fifteen-year board veteran George MacDonald will continue to fill the seat in Zone 4. In that zone, 198 ballots were cast and MacDonald walked away with 109, while challenger Jason Gibbons received 89 votes. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
'National treasure' may be headed home May 19, 2009
George MacDonald, a Haida art expert and director of the Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Art Studies at Simon Fraser University, calls the Jasper Raven Pole a "national treasure" and he's hopeful it will return to the Haida to be restored, studied and prized. He said only a few dozen totem poles from that period still exist, and if the Jasper Raven Pole was restored and ever sold privately, it could fetch seven figures. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Paradox Was His Doxy Mar 24, 2009
At an early age, too, the boy fell upon George MacDonald s tale The Prince and the Goblin, a parable of faith and belief in which the evil goblins threaten every kind of harm, while none but the fairy grandmother can guarantee relief. She is accessible, however, only to those who are ready to believe in her, and can be reached only by those who follow an invisible thread. (The American Conservative)
Getting right to the point Mar 18, 2009
George MacDonald, an author, poet and Christian minister at the turn of the 20th century said, The two pillars of 'political correctness' are: A. willful ignorance, and B. a steadfast refusal to face the truth. . (Nogales International, AZ)
• Applications for Minidoka school board due by April 17 Feb 26, 2009
Trustee in Zone 4, George MacDonald, has held the seat for five terms. "To tell you the truth I haven't made up my mind yet," MacDonald said about whether or not he will run for a sixth term. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
A reality check for Obama in Afghanistan Feb 18, 2009
After 9/11, when hordes of reporters traveled to this mystical, medieval land, the recommended reading was historical fiction of the late George MacDonald Fraser's first "Flashman" volume on the Anglo-Afghan War of 1839-1842. The entire retreating British column of upwards of 16,000 men, women, and children save for one survivor was wiped out by the forefathers of those who drove the Soviets out 150 years later. (Yahoo News)
