Weekend Destinations: Staunton, Virginia

Brigadoon in the Blue Ridge: the main street of the Shenandoah Valley town of Staunton, Virginia. If Staunton has a sister city, it must be Brigadoon. Who knew that a small burnished gem was hidden quietly away in the Blue Ridge about two hours southwest of...

Jack Kemp’s Funeral

This afternoon, at a packed Washington National Cathedral, the funeral of all-star AFL quarterback, longtime New York congressman, 1996 Republican vice-presidential candidate, and dedicated economic and social trailblazer Jack Kemp was held. Originally it was planned...

Alex Lees     1911-2009

The Real Thing: POW Alex Lees (right) in Stalag Luft III. “I only played a small part.  I did my bit, that’s the main thing.” If, like me, The Great Escape is in your pantheon of All Time Coolest Movies, you will be saddened to learn of the death of...

Follow the Money, Print the Legend

Rep. Brad Miller is chairing ill-attended hearings on oversight of the $787 billion stimulus. Reports The Washington Times: “These hearings are titled ‘follow the money’ after the character in the movie – and the book – ‘All the...

Rude Awakening, or The Edwards Zone Redux

“Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” — Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire Of Louis Napoleon (1851) Most of what...