Friday, February 07, 2014

At start of Sochi Olympics, State Department issues Russia travel warning

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On the same day as the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, the U.S. Department of State distributed a trav...
Saturday, February 01, 2014

America asks: What time is the Super Bowl?

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Friday evening's edition of the public radio show, Marketplace, ended with this squib by host Kai Ryssdal: This final note which come...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Meanwhile, over on Examiner.com ...

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The last few days have been busy ones for me in terms of posting articles as the Charlottesville Libertarian Examiner on Examiner.com. ...
Friday, January 24, 2014

Does Justin Bieber think he's Michael Jackson? What does this odd photo say?

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Earlier this afternoon, Justin Bieber broke two days of silence on Instagram -- interrupted by his arrest in Miami Beach for drag racing, D...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Designed to eliminate confusion: New name for NFL

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Rick Sincere at NFL HQ in Ripon, 2012 News comes from Ripon, Wisconsin, that the venerable National Forensic League is changing its name...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Busy Snow Day: Indictments and Anti-Discrimination

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Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell While most of the Mid-Atlantic and northeastern states have been pummeled by the season's big...
Friday, January 17, 2014

From the Archives: Virginia Enters the 20th Century -- in 2005

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Nine years ago this week, the Virginia Supreme Court overturned a 19th-century law that forbade cohabitation by adults who were not legally ...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Does political affiliation affect our views of product and service brands?

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How does political affiliation affect our perceptions of various brand-name products and services? Does ideology change the way we view bra...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

My Brush with Greatness: Edward Teller (1908-2003)

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Today would have been the 106th birthday of nuclear physicist Edward Teller , who has often been called the "father of the hydrogen bom...
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Is Bob Marshall trying to undermine his own same-sex marriage amendment?

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In 2006, Virginia voters approved an addition to the state's constitution intended to prohibit same-sex marriage and anything similar to...
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Thursday, January 09, 2014

Preparing for the Coming Viral Apocalypse (Please Retweet!)

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More than 30 years ago, I was involved in the preparation of an anthology called The Apocalyptic Premise , which was edited by Ernest W. Lef...