Thursday, November 27, 2008

Gift Ideas for Black Friday

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Last year, just before Thanksgiving, I wrote about the origins of "Black Friday" -- the legendary "busiest" shopping da...
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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Charlottesville Starts the Holiday Season

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Although cold weather and "snow flurries" made it seem normal, Charlottesville illuminated its downtown Christmas tree last night,...
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45 Years Ago Today

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On November 22, 1963, I was only four years old and living with my family in Appleton, Wisconsin (the hometown of Joseph McCarthy). We only...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The Stimulus Package Shell Game

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Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation had a terrific article in Friday's Wall Street Journal that explains why "stimulus program...

Guillermo Arriaga at the Virginia Film Festival

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Mexican novelist, screenwriter, and film director Guillermo Arriaga was a special guest at the 2008 Virginia Film Festival . Babel , for whi...
Saturday, November 15, 2008

Is This Ironic? Or Isn't It?

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Isn't sports supposed to make you more healthy? Well, yes. Playing sports is a healthy activity. Watching sports? Not so much. So rep...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Gay Conservatives Emerge in Canada

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Word comes from the frozen north that gay conservatives are making their presence known in Canada, following the example of Log Cabin Republ...
Thursday, November 13, 2008

More Video from the 2008 Virginia Film Festival

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The past couple of weeks have been unusually busy for me, so it has taken some time to edit the video recordings I made of several of the in...

Looking for Volunteer Opportunities Abroad?

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With the return of Camelot to the White House, we will no doubt see renewed emphasis on voluntary service opportunities for young people in ...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The Ever-Expanding Reach of the Nanny State

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The folks at ReasonTV have hit another home run with this video about smoking bans -- including an ordinance in Belmont, California, that p...
Wednesday, November 05, 2008

2012 GOP Presidential Poll

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As the nation enters the Obama-Pelosi-Reid years, a small group of political activists has its eyes on the next presidential election cycle....
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Election Day 2008 Photoblog and Write-In Report

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Perhaps the most surprising result from Charlottesville's precinct reports this year is that there were no write-in votes for Waldo Jaqu...
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