Sunday, January 06, 2008

The Palpable Problem with Populism

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George F. Will has a masterful article on the op-ed page of today's Washington Post . He takes to task the two leading populists of th...
Saturday, January 05, 2008

Lee Sherman Dreyfus, 1926-2008

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One day when I was in high school, we MUHS students were herded into the auditorium to hear a speech by some public figure most of us had ne...
Friday, January 04, 2008

Ed Crane's Cage Match?

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Sometimes you come across a sentence in a newspaper article that is simply jarring. Here's a sentence that would be unexpected in any ne...

Pundits Give Hopeful Post-Iowa Marks to Ron Paul

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Sean O'Brien, executive director of the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership at the University of Virginia (and soon to be head o...
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Changing Charlottesville Real Estate Market

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Local blogger Jim Duncan, who has been kind enough to link to this blog on several occasions from his own RealCentralVA.com , was featured i...
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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Schilling Returns to the Airwaves

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Coy Barefoot mentioned it on his afternoon chat show today, and Bryan McKenzie wrote about it in a column in yesterday's Daily Progress ...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008

New Candidate in 2008 Virginia Senate Race

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William Redpath of Leesburg has announced his intention to seek the Libertarian Party's nomination for the U.S. Senate in Virginia this ...
Tuesday, January 01, 2008

First Post of the Year

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Besides being the first day of 2008, today is also significant because it would have been Senator Barry Goldwater's 99th birthday. In a ...
Monday, December 31, 2007

Ron Paul Blimp Greets 2008 in Charlottesville

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Last Friday on his new blog, veteran political reporter Bob Gibson of the Charlottesville Daily Progress wrote about the Ron Paul "min...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Martyr for Democracy

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Benazir Bhutto was one of the most authentic political leaders I have ever met. Our single meeting lasted only about two hours, but in that ...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Ron Paul Rising

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It doesn't come from one of the key states of Iowa, New Hampshire, or South Carolina, and it's not strictly an endorsement. Still, ...
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How Many Words Does a Picture Speak?

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There has been a minor brouhaha in the blogosphere. This tempest in a teakettle involves several bloggers who are trying to smear Ron Paul ...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Norris to Be Charlottesville Mayor

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The news broke today on Coy Barefoot's radio program on WINA-AM: Charlottesville City Councilor Dave Norris will be our new mayor. Norr...

Ron Paul Wins Top Spot on Virginia Primary Ballot

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The State Board of Elections met in Richmond this morning and drew lots for the ballot positions of the candidates of the Democratic and Rep...

Last-Minute Christmas Shopping Ideas

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The busy folks at Amazon.com took the time to send me an email reminder about last-minute Christmas shopping, saying Order now and have you...
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Monday, December 17, 2007

Blogoversary

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Tonight on the public-radio show, Marketplace , host Kai Ryssdal noted: The blog is celebrating an anniversary today. Ten years ago a guy na...
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Deck the Halls with Ron Paul and Kin

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The Ron Paul for President campaign has prepared a holiday greeting to be used on television in lieu of a typical political commercial: ...