Monthly Archives: June 2005

While the rest of the world has Jeff Schapiro, we in Fredericksburg have Richard Amrhine. Amrhine, noted recently for his screed against Catholics, has decided to go after a more opportune target; this time the many errors (perceived and otherwise) … Continue reading →

Want to kick that nasty foreign oil dependency? Brazil shows the way: Virtually all cars sold in the United States since the early 1980s can run on gasoline containing as much as 10 percent ethanol. In addition, there are an … Continue reading →

To all the dads out there, enjoy your day! I owe my father a phone call out in Ft. Leonard Wood (if he’s not spending the day fishing).

In the post-June 14th anaylsis, the Freedom and Prosperity Agenda is getting a second look, particularly from Norman Leahy and Jim Bacon. Now that we are once again posting a $1 billion surplus, the FPA should take center stage, and … Continue reading →

The Wisconsin General Assembly passed a law prohibiting morning-after pills on state college campuses: The legislation would prohibit University of Wisconsin System health centers from advertising, prescribing or dispensing emergency contraception – drugs that can block a pregnancy in the … Continue reading →

.!. A British poll has named Noam Chomsky as the world’s leading intellectual: Now an emeritus professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chomsky first became known for his theory of grammar developed at MIT in the 1950s, … Continue reading →

Phrenologists rejoice! Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University have determined that brain size does indeed correlate with intelligence. Of course, irony always manages to strike a cruel blow: ‘On average, smarter people learn quicker, make fewer errors, and are more … Continue reading →

Norman over at One Man’s Trash has been reflecting on what Virginia conservatives can do to start offering some solutions. Correctly, he points to the Virginia Institute for Public Policy’s Freedom and Prosperity Agenda as a start. I couldn’t agree … Continue reading →

The ongoing conversation at Bacon’s Rebellion continues, with my US$0.02 added for good measure: The real question voters were asking was “what do we do about the problem?” Collectively, while I agree wholeheartedly with the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, we didn’t … Continue reading →

Closer, but at only 50mph, not quite what I’m looking for in a hydrogen-powered motorcycle. But close. Get that speed up to 85mph, and we’ll talk.