Monthly Archives: February 2006

Delegate Wardrup graciously decided to host a handful of Virginia bloggers such as Bearing Drift, Commonwealth Conservative, at Norm Leahy’s invitation. I was going to live blog it, but I got beat badly by a far superior blogger! Kudos, J.R. … Continue reading →

Two counts: The first accuses Hill of violating a state law that allows governing bodies-not school boards-to publish educational materials on bond referendums. It also alleges that Hill violated another law that bans public school students from being required to … Continue reading →

Courtesy of DRUDGE REPORT: Bush called reporters at about 2.30 ET aboard Air Force One to issue a very strong defense of port deal… MORE… He said he would veto any legislation to hold up deal and warned the United … Continue reading →

Bishop Rino Fisichella of Rome expressed his concern for Christian minorities in Muslim countries, most notably the disparity between Muslim violence towards Christians: In a reference to the murder on 5 February of an Italian priest, Andrea Santoro, in Turkey, … Continue reading →

“Kill ’em all!” you say. No mercy for criminals! Here’s something to give you pause. Michael Morales was set to be executed at 7:30pm today. The warden intended to carry out the execution with a 5g dose of barbituates, lengthening … Continue reading →

Heh heh heh. A group of Australian theologians sent a letter to the CDF in Rome accusing Archbishop Pell of dissenting opinions. His crime? Denying the supremacy of conscience. Pell’s response? He laughed. Now some might jump at this, as … Continue reading →

Over at QandO, McQ has a great post on Bruce Ackerman’s new book on the Founding Fathers: We see any number of articles these days about the polarization of the electorate and the shrillness of debate. Most noting the polarization … Continue reading →

Charlie Fulgate over at Good Sense has returned from a brief hiatus. Go check him out – plenty of good stuff there.

Here, here, and here. The short version of all three articles is that blogging trades faster response time for less accuracy than traditional journalism. Whether I agree with that remains to be seen (e.g. blogging can be a form of … Continue reading →

A gratuitous post just to drive up the Google score for my high school reunion for the Courtland High School Class of 1996.