Category Archives: General

Living in the historic district of Murfreesboro is to be steeped in the civil war. A major battle was fought here. Many of the houses are pre-civil war (see photos here). You can almost see soldiers in union and confederate … Continue reading →

Jay Nordlinger is right on the mark today: “In my view, this election is not a contest to determine how we’ll fight the War on Terror; it’s a contest to determine whether we will fight it at all. And the … Continue reading →

It is very disappointing to read Andrew Sullivan these days. In order to take revenge on George Bush for the FMA, he has wholeheartedly joined the chorus of Bush-bashing on the post-war management in Iraq, and is passing it off … Continue reading →

Here’s the thread of a three-way email discussion between R.J. Smith and Harcamone, with me popping in occasionally. It’s long, but worth reading, a very real, down and dirty talk about the whole ball of wax. Warning: There are some … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Ax yourself what might be the response from the liberal community — near and far — if a Moslem-themed poster, operating on the same disrespectful/satirical wavelength, were to appear on walls in Los Angeles advertising an art … Continue reading →

Check out the Letters section over in the right column. The quality of the letters is very impressive.

Posted by Jason The war on drugs can be said to have begun all the way back in 1914 with the passage of the Harrison Act and escalating over the decades with the passage of the Marihuana Tax Act in … Continue reading →

Arnold was my first Republican vote and I’m voting for Bush. You think you have it bad: I’m gay and I live in the Castro in San Francisco! I know no one, not a single soul, who will vote for … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Artifical intelligence is so cool. Today, on amazon.com, I looked up The Cross and the Swichblade, a now-famous book about one man’s evangelical ministry to youth gangs in New York City circa 1958, and the conversion and … Continue reading →

It feels a little weird to have joined the ranks of the “conservative” blogosphere. I’ve been a yellow dog democrat all my life, as was my father before me, and as my mother is, and at least one of my … Continue reading →