Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
We visited Jamestown and Yorktown today. They are an interesting matched set because Jamestown marks the beginning of the British presence in the New World and Yorktown marks its end. I found Jamestown unexpectedly interesting. We started off at the Commonwealth of Virginia’s site, which isn’t on the original archaeological
Continue readingWe spent today at Colonial Williamsburg. It’s quite breathtakingly beautiful — another triumph for a harmonious partnership between man and Nature. I discovered that I found it fascinating when the people plying a trade talked about their work. It was less interesting to see actors pretending to be famous people.
Continue readingLovely, lovely Mt. Vernon. They have really tried to incorporate info about slaves. Mr. Bookworm used this information as a springboard to introduce the New Yrok Times view of the South: racist and backwards. I pointed out that we’d seen more mixed race social groups here than we ever see
Continue readingAfter spending several hours in the Air and Space Museum, we hit the road, headed for Annapolis. (If you’re Navy League, I have a strong feeling that visiting Annapolis is a moral obligation.) Visiting Annapolis was a good idea. To begin with, the drive was just beautiful. Marin is a
Continue readingTwo things: (1) it’s awesome to be in a that not only has no drought but also is incredibly verdant. (2) I am a terrible photographer, but I hope these pictures give you a little bit of a feel for the Air and Space Museum in Herndon, Virginia.
Continue readingWe arrived at Dulles airport at 12:30 this morning after a very pleasant flight. I miss the days of free food service, but the food we paid for on United was better than I had expected. (Yes, I could have packed food for us, but I was busy right up
Continue readingStarting on Sunday, I’ll be doing travel blogging as we journey to the Southeast and, to my delight, visit our own country for a change. Meanwhile, thanks to Caped Crusader, some wonderful posters and cartoons:
Continue readingA long day with my mother, combined legal with work, meant that I haven’t had a chance to read today’s news or think about its import. For me, time with my mother needs to be calculated in dog years. She is so relentlessly miserable — about everything — that every hour with her
Continue readingA work and family day. I’m actually using my iPhone to post all these wonderful things from Caped Crusader since I haven’t had a minute at my computer:
Continue readingMy legal work and the world’s headlines have something in common which is that, long before one fire is quenched, another even worse fire is popping up. On good days, one fire is nothing. Several make themselves known. It seems impossible that anyone can bring these raging fires under control
Continue readingHappy Father’s Day to all of you! And now to business: The Democrat slate is a joke I find it incredibly amusing to read how Hollywood’s uber-rich, consumer-lifestyle Progressives are turning out for Bernie Sanders, the political fad of the week. The same holds true for Colorado’s affluent crunchy Lefties
Continue readingI wrapped up the big deadline projects today, and came home utterly exhausted. With the best will in the world, writing wasn’t going to happen. Tomorrow, I have a couple of loose ends to wrap up, but I really do think this manic work schedule will finally end. Not a
Continue readingIt’s spring, so I had a graduation to attend (which was just one of the many reasons I haven’t been able to get any blogging done). It was a very nice graduation, in a pretty suburban setting. The students were shiny and happy. I’d say roughly 70% were some type
Continue readingThe last few days have seen me drowning in work and family maintenance. Today, I was going to blog, but was so exhausted I slept until 9:30 (highly unusual) and now I have to go on a family outing. I do plan on writing this afternoon. Right up until I
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