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At the risk of sounding like too much of a grouch, I nevertheless want to express my disappointment at most of the cards my family received these past few weeks. Very few mentioned Christmas at all, much less had any explicit religious content. This is especially unsettling because most of the people who sent us [...]
If you’ve got a problem with artificial, easy-open, pre-lit Christmas Trees, then you’ve got a problem with me.
The war is over. We won. Zombietown is all over the call to make today the official day. Michael Yon, however, has the honors of having made the call: The Iraq war is over. Barring the unforeseen, the darkest days are behind, though we are still losing soldiers to low-level fighting with enemies that are [...]
Nevertheless, I cannot resist imposing my thoughts on anyone who chances by here. So, between now and the election, I am going to publish a few, probably three posts on political issues. If you think you might be offended, please just ignore them and this blog until after the election. Until those posts are ready [...]
I watched the excellent John Adams miniseries on HBO when it was first aired a few months ago, and it led me to want to read the book it was based on, by David McCullough. It also created a desire to learn more about — and therefore find a good biography for — Alexander Hamilton. [...]
A few weekends ago we took our 2 daughters to see Kit Kittredge: An American Girl. I’m not sure whether the movie is even still in theaters, so this review is late, but might be interesting to people once it is released on DVD. Our older daughter, 8, is a big American Girl fan. The [...]
