This is the 65th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge. While most Americans who are aware of the battle learned of it through Hollywood movies that portrayed valiant U.S. resistance to the German Wehrmacht, the truth is far more embarrassing to the U.S. Supreme Commander. The battle was completely unnecessary, and […]
Carbon Tromping with the Sierra Club
I did a couple hikes early last month with the Sierra Club. Good folks, though there were theological tensions with some of ’em. Some lady was talking gravely about reducing her carbon footprint. She got peeved when I suggested wearing tennis shoes instead of boots. Sierra Club types are 100% pro-organic, but they seemed to […]
The Great Beer Massacre of 2009!
My all-time favorite beer is no longer being imported! I have been a huge fan of Dinkel Acker, a wonderful German pilsner, for more than a decade. I would buy cases at a time, making it worthwhile to scamper across the Potomac to a state with civilized beer buying laws. (Montgomery County, Maryland, has a […]
How Bush Redefined American Freedom
Posted online today by the Future of Freedom Foundation – from the September issue of Freedom Daily… HOW GEORGE W. BUSH REDEFINED AMERICAN FREEDOM by James Bovard George W. Bush is gone from Washington but his legacy, like an abandoned toxic waste dump, lingers on. Like President Franklin Roosevelt before him, President Bush helped redefine […]
The Jim Beam Corrected Version of Boy Scout Creek Crossing Photo
{click on photo for full-size version} Tom Blanton emailed me: “I’ve discovered a new tool in Photoshop that reveals things in pictures that couldn’t be seen before. Check out this new version of your scout picture.” Never expected to see this photo hit by a “truth squad.” This helps explain why I failed the final […]
Boy Scouts & a Pro-Freedom Reaction
I appreciate the comments on the creek-crossing photo. The Boy Scouts of America begin their 100th anniversary celebration on December 10, and I’m curious about the political impact of the Scouting experience. I am wondering how many guys who were in the Scouts became more pro-freedom in response to the heavy-handed invocations of authority and […]
My Pre-Anarchist Motif
Update #2: Tom Blanton, of the Project for the New American Revolution, also kindly did an upgrade of the photo. Here is Tom’s version: UPDATE: “Black Bloke” and Wes Baker kindly sent improved versions of the photo, now inserted at the top of this post. I’m not sure if Wes’s version will open in some […]
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