I’ve had the hardest time this past six weeks trying to write. I guess I’ve been suffering from some kind of intellectual constipation that also includes this nauseous dread of what the coming year is going to be like. Virginia is one of seven battleground states because of our open Senate seat, and we [...]

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All of you who love children who wear helmets and ride the short bus to school take heart: They too can grow up and be a Republican candidate for president. I guarantee they’ll act more maturely. Between the CNN and Fox News coverages of the race for the Republican nomination, we no longer need to [...]

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First, there was the Arab Spring, followed by the Arab Summer in which millions of protestors in several repressive Middle Eastern regimes took to the streets and overthrew their governments. Here in the United States, we seem to be experiencing an American Fall.The last time something like what is happening across this country occurred was [...]

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I’ve been having the hardest time getting back to writing. Every time I sit down in front of the computer, I start thinking of what I want to write about, which leads me to start thinking about what’s going on in our country, and I get discouraged.
It would be easy for me to knock off [...]

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Okay, so I’ve been on one of my unannounced sabbaticals. I’ve been doing a little traveling and a lot of goofing off. Anne and I just got back from a house party with some old friends in Northern Virginia, and before that, we spent some time on Oak Island. Mostly, though, I’ve just been vegging [...]

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The Little Prince and Heir Apparent has been with us for over a week now. For the last ten days, Anne and I have looked at the world thru the eyes of a unique eight year old boy. It is a world of imagination filled with mystery and magic; made-up games with villains and super [...]

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Back during the Reagan era when politics started to turn ugly, Lee Atwater, the political genius most responsible for Reagan’s election, came up with the concept of the “big lie.” The way it works is simple. Say something really damaging and untrue about a candidate and make him deny it. The mere accusation will cost [...]

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The Wythe County Democrat Party plans to hold a homecoming get together tomorrow evening (Thursday, July 21,) at Elizabeth Brown Park beginning at 5:30 pm. County residents are invited to a hot dog supper and an evening of entertainment featuring music by Sam Gleaves and the political satire of Marsha Turpin. The highlight of the [...]

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Le quatorze julliet (the fourteenth of July) is Bastille Day, the French National Day. It marks the Fete de la Federation of 1790, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the infamous prison fortress in 1789 by the people of Paris. The Bastille often held writers and intellectuals who displeased the monarchy on [...]

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I’ve been using Wikipedia to research an article, and found that day-um, that sucker is just chock full of little known information. For instance, did you know that Sarah Palin is the product of a virgin birthHer father, Jor-El, believed her mother when she denied ever having sex. As a scientist on Krypton researching global [...]

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