Monthly Archives: October 2005

Tomorrow from 2-5pm, the Spotsylvania GOP will be holding our First Annual Oktoberfest at the Blue and Grey Brewing Company in the Bowman Center. $40 gets you all the bratwurst, chili, politics, and other good stuff you can handle (including … Continue reading →

Kaine continues to reel from the death penalty ads, now arguing that while his name was on the court documents defending the man who killed Stanley Rosenbluth’s son, Kaine himself didn’t bill a single hour to the case. This morning’s … Continue reading →

I gave my wife (a UVA alum) quite a bit of grief over the BC-UVA game last weekend, not so much for the loss as for the conduct of its players. I love UVA, my grandfather went to UVA, and … Continue reading →

More importantly, how come I didn’t even know the PRC was launching manned flight operations until just this evening? It’s amazing what passes for front-page news here in the States as opposed to what passes worldwide.

Dale Franks comments on the Miers nomination and Peggy Noonan’s critique: An essential White House mistake—really a key and historic one—was in turning on its critics with such idiotic ferocity. “My way or the highway” is getting old. “Please listen … Continue reading →

Probably not the most dramatic image of the day, but it’s still pretty darned cool.

Julian Malcolm is a good friend (and a former student of my RCIA classes) who has started a new blog called TheOldHomePlace. He gets it off to a great start by criticizing the cafeteria-style tendency of American Catholics on both … Continue reading →

Courtesy of OMT and Not Larry Sabato, could there be a potential Kaine-Chichester tax schematic in the works? Apparently, numerous board members were told privately by Tim Kaine that he had met with John Chichester and they had a transportation … Continue reading →

The light blogging has been largely due to a race against the seasonal clock so-to-speak (I’ll explain after the first frost). But I couldn’t help but take notice of the Kaine death penalty flap. Now some of the commentary has … Continue reading →

So I caught tonights debate (via CSPAN of course). Nothing taken, nothing gained. I thought the “negative campaigning” pledge asked by Sabato towards the end was a bit too much — Kaine answered it “correctly” by taking the pledge, while … Continue reading →