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In search of the Unified Theory of Conservatism

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Kept in Poverty and Ignorance – For Your Own Good!

May 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Kept in Poverty and Ignorance – For Your Own Good!

What would you do if you found out that your home town was actually isolated from the wider world?  What if you discovered that people in the rest of the world had technology yet unheard of that improved their lives, allowed them to communicate more easily, and made their homes more comfortable and more safe […]

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Media Alert

May 31st, 2008 · Comments Off on Media Alert

I’ll be a small part of an article in the Reno Gazette-Journal this weekend, or so I’m told that’s when it’ll be published.  The piece is about one of my clients who served in Iraq.  Hopefully it’ll remain up on their website until I get back from Alaska!

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“Attacking” the Troops

May 31st, 2008 · 5 Comments

Call this a belated Memorial Day post, but today I saw an opinion item that really irritated me.  In the LA Times, Edward Humes, not a veteran himself, attacked John McCain for his correct opposition to an “updated” GI Bill.  The headline was, “McCain’s Attack on Vets,” and subheaded, “His respectful rhetoric isn’t matched by […]

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Tags: John McCain · Patriotism · Veterans