Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Congratulations, Tyler!

›
Congratulations are due to Tyler Whitney, who briefly was the center of a minor national controversy and who later became one of the most a...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

'Solzhenitsyn and American Democracy'

›
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the towering literary figure who gave us the phrase "Gulag Archipelago" and whose life spanned from Lenin ...
Monday, August 04, 2008

Protest as a Political Convention Tradition

›
Both the Republican and Democratic parties are preparing for protesters at their respective political conventions this year. The Democrats ...

Sending Good Wishes to Morgan Freeman

›
Morgan Freeman, the 71-year-old, Oscar-winning and Tony-nominated actor was in a serious automobile accident last night. People magazine ...
Sunday, August 03, 2008

Beep-beep!

›
According to Sunday's Daily Progress , there is evidence that coyotes have been prowling the City of Charlottesville: Recently, Charlot...
1 comment:

Community Theatre - Part Three

›
About fourteen months ago, I posted video and photographs from my first experience in community theatre, a production of Meredith Willson...

McCain-Cantor?

›
The Virginia blogosphere is atwitter over the news that the McCain campaign is vetting Congressman Eric Cantor (R-VA7) as a potential vice-...
Saturday, August 02, 2008

The United Nations' Speech Police

›
Here's a tricky question: Is criticism of attempts by Islamic nations to limit free speech around the world itself a form of defamation...
1 comment:

Second Banana Among Second Bananas

›
Congratulations are in order, after a fashion, to Virginia Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling. Bolling, who is also a candidate for re-electi...
Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Another Sales Tax Holiday?

›
It seems like only yesterday that I was writing about Virginia's first sales-tax holiday for back-to-school items. Yet it turns out tha...
1 comment:
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

So You Want to Be a Star?

›
If you have dreams of singing and dancing on the Broadway stage (or manipulating a puppet on the same stage), you may have a chance to make ...
1 comment: