Season 8 of American Idol is underway. Auditions were held around the country, with promising talent receiving the coveted gold ticket and an invitation to Hollywood. After a grueling week, tonight the group was whittled to 36. I've not seen any one singer who stands above the rest at this point, probably because of the … Continue reading American Idol Season 8: we have 36
Day: February 11, 2009
Three years
As the little graphic near the bottom of my sidebar reminds me, today marks three years since I started this blog. During that time, I have written almost 3,000 posts, you have provided nearly 19,000 comments and more than 661,000 views. While I remain committed to the ideas of Thomas Jefferson as quoted in my … Continue reading Three years
Northam saga and root causes
Around 1:45pm Tuesday afternoon, I was alerted to the now infamous Tweet by RPV chair Jeff Frederick. Within minutes, I was informed that the Democrat in question was none other than my own senator, Ralph Northam. Much has been written throughout the blogosphere about how the situation with Northam arose. (The Virginian Pilot has their … Continue reading Northam saga and root causes