From Wikipedia: Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May. It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who died in military service for their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. … Continue reading Memorial Day 2012
I happened to have caught the interview below when it aired a couple of nights ago. The pastor of her church has called for gays and lesbians to be put into concentration camps behind electric fences and left to die. (I bet not even Del. Bob Marshall would go quite that far.) The funny part … Continue reading Friday (not so) funny: church member defends pastor
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. The Republican primary for U.S. Senate is barely registering with voters outside of those who already follow politics closely. That makes for a pretty steep hill for anyone other than George Allen to climb. Jamie Radtke has begun airing radio ads, which may garner her a few … Continue reading The next election
The explosion on Twitter Sunday morning in regards to comments made by Newark, N.J. mayor Cory Booker prompted me to watch the rebroadcast of "Meet the Press" Sunday afternoon. While I agree Booker went off message, I'm not ready to throw the baby out with the bathwater, like some. The criticisms of Booker are unwarranted. … Continue reading Mistakes happen
Never thought I'd live long enough to see this. What a wonderful belated birthday present! Video is below the fold.
Guest post by John Fredericks At the expense of being classified by Bill O'Reilly as "pin-head," the normally astute Fox News talk show icon really got this one wrong. And now he won't own up to his own editorial malfeasance. O'Reilly's attempt to spin a yarn about how Virginian-Pilot Editor-in-Chief Denis Finley is part of … Continue reading In Defense of Denis Finley – “The Factor” got it wrong
Reading through this article, a paragraph caught my eye: What makes this an effective and rational strategy, of course, is the phenomenon known as “free riding.” When you think about it, it’s pretty irrational for any of us to vote. During these endless campaigns, it takes an extraordinary amount of time and energy to inform … Continue reading Political free riding
My latest op-ed appeared in The Virginian-Pilot Wednesday. In it, I reject the notion that somehow embracing a word that has been used as a slur somehow takes the sting out of it. Not only have I seen little evidence of it, but what I have seen is that doing so gives license to those … Continue reading The O-word, the Q-word and the N-word
Rolling Stone has a good article on the president's re-election campaign. Yes, it's long. But it's a really good read. And there are some lessons in here for candidates as well.
This is a story in two parts: One part is a Republican candidate for the nomination of the GOP. The other part is my representative, Congressman Robert Hurt. I'll get to how they are both on the same page in a minute. It is also a story of two parts, in that I stumbled over … Continue reading Hurt, Romney try to fix a non-existent problem with anti-regulatory fervor
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