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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more

I am taking a break from sharing thoughts I think are wise to share one that is essential.  If you have not yet voted “NO” on the Democrat Gerrymandering scam that would unfairly redistrict Virginia, please do so now. Many 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 Read more