In an effort not to think about politics, I wasted my day today at Ancestry.com. From father to son:Thomas Farley, b. 1600 Worcester, England (arrived Virginia 1623)John Farley, b. 1648 Charles City, VirginiaJohn Farley, b. 1670 Henrico, VirginiaHenry Farley, b. 1716 Henrico, VirginiaJosiah Farley, b. 1744...
For any of our loyal Delaware listeners, I'll be appearing on WDEL in about an hour or so (~5:30 EST) to talk about You Know Who.
Some nice cherry-picking from Drudgico.
Apparently, there isn't a market for a fourth reactionary newspaper in a city that can be expected to vote Obama about 85-15 during a brutal time for the newspaper industry. Who could have possibly predicted it? (And, yes, the Sun does have very good arts and...
Family visitation and work commitments meant that I didn't see any speeches at the GOP convention last night; I can't say I was terribly disappointed. Nonetheless, I did look at.
Russia Navy Blog has a translation of a Russian article investigating the effectiveness of the Army in Georgia. Reaction speed: Good. Communications: Bad, especially with the Air Force. Recon and.
I just submitted my tenure file to the proper authorities. I am now going to get impossibly drunk. And dance a little bit. Before waking up in a cold sweat every night from now until April.
It turns out that the decisive victory of Arminius over three Roman Legions at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest may still be yielding benefits:The spread of the Roman Empire through.
Ash: You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? A perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility. Lambert: You admire it. Ash: I admire.
I don't know how many times this bears repeating, but Sarah Palin is an abject liar. Not only did she repeat the howling falsehood that she opposed The Bridge to Nowhere, but she also claimed that her administration brought about "the largest private-sector infrastructure project in...
Paul's excellent piece on the President of Alaska hits on a few things that are worth keeping in mind, regardless of Palin's affiliation or non-affiliation with the AIP. Culturally- and.
I really don't want to watch Sarah Palin's speech tonight for all kinds of reasons, including but not limited to the skeeve-inducing thought of what Victor Davis Hanson will be.