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  • King's Arms Tavern on Nov 14, 2009

    The pewter salt cellar feels cool and slightly gritty to the touch; it sounds a soft clap when replaced on the wooden table. The reproduction Chippendale and Queen Anne furniture, and the maps and other prints on the painted wooden walls of the King...

  • Thank You, Sen. Webb! on Nov 14, 2009

    Never thought you'd see those words on this blog, huh? Well, neither did I. But yesterday, Senator Jim Webb, who rarely does anything of which I approve, stood up to President Barack Obama and the national-security nincompoops in his Administration...

  • Bush: "I went against my free-market instincts." on Nov 13, 2009

    Former President George Bush XLIII delivered a speech yesterday in which he warned against the kind of government meddling that he perpetrated last fall. This 55-second clip reveals a wealth of mushy thinking, and shows that the former President sti...

  • Thursday on WTJS on Nov 12, 2009

    My SamSphere friend Ken Marrero is slotted to sub for Mike Slater on WTJS in Jackson, Tennessee, on Thursday, and he's scheduled me to chat about Slaying Leviathan at 6:30 am. I hope you'll tune in!

  • Happy Birthday, U.S. Marine Corps! on Nov 10, 2009

    Thanks for standing on the wall!

  • "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" on Nov 9, 2009

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  • Obama/Pelosi-"Care" Passes on Nov 8, 2009

    The health-care power grab has passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 220-215. Please call your Senators and ask them to vote against Obama-"care". If you live in Virginia, your Senators are:Jim Webb(202) 224-4024andMark Warner(202) 224-2...