Monthly Archives: July 2008

Former RPV Finance Chairman Fred Malek notes the recent addition of Steve Schmidt to the McCain presidential team. Malek doesn’t post terribly often… but when he does, you learn some insight every time.

Yet another pleasantly surprised voter engages a Catholic politician, this time on the role of faith in the political arena: Tom’s response was interesting and unexpected. He made a distinction between religion in legislation (which he says he opposes), and … Continue reading →

Peter Warlock’s Capriol Suite for Stringorchestra Part 1-3. If you like Vivaldi, you’ll enjoy Warlock.

The Democratic Congress scores the lowest approval rating in the history of modern polling . This shouldn’t be surprising. Republicans hate the “do-nothing Congress” almost as much as the Democrats hate their “do-nothing Congress.” It used to be that a … Continue reading →

RPV Chairman Jeff Frederick does the Tertium Quids Podcast, talking about HB 6055 (he opposes), the inheritance he received at RPV (says it’s worse than he thought), and talks a bit about the GOP brand (need to rebuild the image, … Continue reading →

…or possibly barbecue .

This is precisely the graph I have wanted to see — the dollar vs. the PPB of oil.

For as marginally concerned as I was (well… tasteless would have been a better word) about President Bush’s interruption media stunt attendance at Monticello’s swearing in of new citizens on the Independence Day, the behavior of the war protestors was … Continue reading →

Happy 4th. As only the Muppets can do it.

President Bush invades Monticello! Rick Sincere live blogs about it: From the air-conditioned comfort of my living room, I am watching this year’s naturalization ceremony at Monticello, with featured guest speaker George W. Bush. Channel 29 (WVIR-TV) is covering the … Continue reading →