Battle of Athens (1946) Our only successful uprising since 1776
(I want to dedicate this film review to Lady Penguin and JadedByPolitics, old friends from the Obama days, and my early days of RedState.com. We didn't use the term "influencer" in 2006, but it...
A Letter from Cumberland Gap, Our Last Talk
I had expected a Quickening, but not before Christmas.
This is from a Vietnam vet, Infantry platoon leader, college roommate one year, a fine prosecutor, then judge, and a good courthouse philosopher of Thomas Jefferson's...
“It is French”
First Part
"Schtick"-- from the Yiddish: A comic theme or gimmick, first introduced on stage by Mark Twain
The story goes that Mark Twain had invested heavily into the publishing of Ulysses S Grant's autobiography, but...
Russia-Bad vs Ukraine-Bad, and the “I Can Train Monkeys to Make Underwear” thesis of...
Part 2
As I related in Part 1, I came to Kentucky by accident in 1969, thinking I was en route to Germany to work for my old boss from Japan, as an Army civilian...
Killing Rosebushes, How Things Work in Nature by St George Frederick
An old pal, I'd been holding onto this for several years, hoping St George (that's really his name) would add more to this thought.
I invite you to do, as the time is nigh.
Killing Rosebushes”...
Where is Matt? After a Decade’s Slide into Darkness (Revised)
Matt Harding was born in 1976, a Gen-Xer (1965-1980). That Generation is just as apt to cling to the old ways and standards of their parents (Baby Boomers, 1942-1964) as they are to become utterly nouveau, knowing little, if anything about the shoulders they...