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In search of the Unified Theory of Conservatism

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Day 1 Wildlife

June 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Day 1 Wildlife

Besides the many birds, the first wild animal we saw on our drive was almost our last. We and another car were passing an RV, an evolution that was progressing just fine until a deer bounded across the road in front of all of us, forcing us all to slow nearly to a stop. Needless […]

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This is a Judge?

June 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on This is a Judge?

No – it’s a disgrace that goes by the name of Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge.  And how do you even begin to describe the awfulness of this picture? First of all, the only difference between Che and Hitler or Stalin is scope – all were murderers in the name of tyranny, but […]

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Huh huh. Huh huh.

June 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Huh huh. Huh huh.

One cannot travel through the Pacific Northwest without seeing a lot of interesting place names. Many of their origins come from ancient Indian languages, others from bold explorers. But one thing you can count on – many of them can bring out the 13 year old in all of us. They could not pass unremarked […]

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