Jack Kingston, Georgia congressman, is basically the perfect Republican for 2013. We last met Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GAH) when he was going on about how he wanted all the poor kids getting subsidized lunches to have to work as janitors in order to teach them the...
As the political figures of my youth pass away, I realize how few of them I really know much about, even though I'm a pretty political guy obviously. That's especially.
I visited Mount Vernon recently. While some might think George Washington's dentures are the most impressive thing you can see and others might look from Washington's porch and imagine themselves.
Is it just my imagination, or does this anecdote not convey quite the impression its author intends? But military leaders favored an independent air force because of what they had learned from the North African campaign: When ground commanders controlled aircraft, the results were disastrous. As...
In this discussion thread, I've been having an extensive back-and-forth with Weldon Berger about whether the Affordable Care Act is "conservative." For the most part, I'm happy to stand by.
This is an excellent set of photographs documenting how atmospheric nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site lit up the night sky in Los Angeles: The light from the tests.
Curious about the recently-released Nebraska, I went to the film’s IMDB page and read the first and featured review. It’s interesting! The best part of it is this poorly-spelled and constructed bit of “where the hell did that come from?” commentary on our nation’s apparent fall...
Some thoughts on why fighter aircraft continue to increase in price, and what the implications of that increase might be: The question has long vexed defense analysts, as the projected.
I have more on the BBWAA's decision to strip Dan Le Batard of his vote for making a point that was insufficiently stupid. One of the self-righteous reactions was especially.
I now see why the Republicans passed the bill to gut Superfund. It's clearly unnecessary, what with a company actually named Freedom Industries taking care of the good people of West Virginia. Schools and restaurants closed, grocery stores sold out of bottled water, and state legislators...
In my forthcoming book on capital mobility, I'm dedicating a chapter to energy production. It details how we can follow Americans' interest in the costs of energy production based upon.
June 1, 2012 Vanderbilt head football coach James Franklin said Wednesday that he makes hiring decisions based on what the wives look like. “I’ve been saying it for a long.