Monday, January 06, 2014

Gay Boy Scouts in the 1970s - Video

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Last week, for the first time in its century-long history, the Boy Scouts of America officially admitted openly gay boys into its membership...
Sunday, January 05, 2014

Why Is This Crime Not Like the Other?

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In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post published January 3 (and the print editions of January 4), Mark S. Allen of Alexandria ...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

Comparing 2013 Movie Box Office With Movie Search Trends on Google

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Just out of curiosity (or perhaps late-night boredom), I decided to compare the top ten movies of 2013 in terms of box office receipts again...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

What Were the Top 10 Charlottesville Libertarian Examiner Stories in 2013?

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Over at Examiner.com, I have posted a listicle featuring the top ten stories reported by the Charlottesville Libertarian Examiner during 2...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Signature Theatre to Resurrect Political Musical 'The Fix'

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Welcome news arrived in the form of an emailed news release from Arlington's Signature Theatre this week.  To mark the end of its 25th a...
Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Obligatory Dylan Sprouse Nude Selfie Blog Post

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Twitter is abuzz with conversation -- some adulatory , some snarky -- about the semi-nude selfies of Disney Channel actor Dylan Sprouse tha...
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Thursday, December 05, 2013

Today Is Repeal Day - Let's Celebrate!

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Today, across the country, Americans are celebrating "Repeal Day." As David Boaz of the Cato Institute put it, "Today is a ...
Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Georgetown's Mask & Bauble Launches Fundraising Drive to Light Stage III

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Just in time for #GivingTuesday (which follows #BlackFriday, #SmallBusinessSaturday, and #CyberMonday), the Mask & Bauble Dramatic Socie...
Friday, November 29, 2013

The Pope's Medieval Economics - Still and Again

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With a brief respite for Thanksgiving, social media and the blogosphere have been astir with conversations about Pope Francis' new ap...
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Thursday, November 21, 2013

Kennedy and Nixon at the 2013 Virginia Film Festival

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Wesley Buell Frazier (left) and Larry Sabato Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas, o...

From the Archives: 'West Side Racist?'

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In a recent commentary on controversies surrounding sports team names, Winston Jones wrote in the Douglas County (Ga.) Sentinel : Our soci...
Wednesday, November 20, 2013

From the Archives: 'Act Now to Save Lives After a Nuclear War'

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Thirty years ago tonight, ABC-TV broadcast The Day After , a movie about the aftermath of nuclear war set in the American heartland. Direct...
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Friday, November 15, 2013

SNL Alumnus Will Forte Discusses 'Nebraska' at 2013 Virginia Film Festival

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Will Forte at 2013 Virginia Film Festival The new Alexander Payne film, Nebraska , opens in cinemas across the United States today. It h...
Saturday, November 09, 2013

Daily Progress to Charge More for Thanksgiving Day Edition

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Today I received this message in my email box from Lawrence McConnell, publisher of the Charlottesville Daily Progress : On Thanksgiving Da...
Monday, November 04, 2013

Robert Sarvis Finishes Campaign in Downtown Charlottesville

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Robert Sarvis in Charlottesville Virginia gubernatorial candidate Robert Sarvis held his final campaign rally at the Free Speech Monumen...