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At our place on the Potomac River, my wife has planted lavender next to our porch.  The reason is simple.  It’s pretty, has a nice aroma, and attracts butterflies.  But it also attracts bees, who seem to love it so much that when people pass by, they are not distracted Read more

This week, Shelley and I drove to Chicago, where I’m delivering a lecture on the First Gulf War.  Over 35 years have passed since we fought that war, so I was invited to make a presentation at the First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton, Illinois.  Here are some Read more

Sometimes I forget important things, like neglecting the maintenance of my automobile or assuming that engines replenish their oil all by themselves.  In fact, that takes me raising the hood, removing the dipstick, wiping it clean, reinserting it, and then withdrawing it to check the level of the oil.  If Read more

In recent years, people who identify as Republicans and those who fancy themselves Libertarians have had an uneasy alliance in electing candidates to public office.  It was not always so.  Before the political détente whereby Republicans and Libertarians could rally around a candidate nominated by the Republican party, it suited Read more

We’re blessed in Virginia to reside in the larger context of a Constitutional Republic.  Our rights are protected by a representative system whereby the people elect legislators who govern us within the metes and bounds of our constitution.  We’re also fortunate for the courts that guard against encroachments on those Read more

Not long ago, a very bright political commentator, Ben Domenech, made a frank statement.  “Consider the possibility we are led by idiots.”  He has a point.  You can listen to his thoughts here, where he lays out in 2023 the idiocy of the Biden era.  Sadly, in recent years, America has produced Read more

Manhood has been the object of much criticism among certain elements of society in recent years. It began with the rise of the feminist movement 50 years ago and continues among hypersensitive far-left progressives today.  Indeed, these anti-male voices even associate masculinity with white supremacy.  It’s utterly ridiculous, especially when Read more

Today’s Virginia Democrats have taken a page out of the playbook their forbearers used to disenfranchise a huge swath of Virginia’s population. Having foisted a despicable Gerrymandered congressional map on the Commonwealth, Democrats are now set to achieve a 10-to-1 advantage in the overall 11-seat delegation in the House of Representatives. Read more

Lying is not new.  It is rooted in our fallen nature as humans.  It shows up in many forms.  Prevaricating, quibbling, equivocating, paltering, dissembling, or fibbing— it’s all the same.  Only the degree differs.  The end state is untruth.  We have all lied at times.  Often, it involved disguising the Read more

I was 18 years old when Apollo 11 was launched on July 16, 1969, at 9:32 AM, carrying the first humans to land on the moon.  Three days later, the crew, Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, entered lunar orbit.  The Read more