Downtown Honolulu
The Hilton Hawaiian Village is a 22-acre mini-polis featuring five towers, 22 eating establishments, and a menagerie of wildlife, including emus, flamingos,…
Royal Hawaiian Luau on Oahu
A traditional Hawaiian luau is a big party in someone’s backyard, usually celebrating a significant event. Since my travel companion and I…
Five Days on Oahu
Oahu offers miles of beautiful beaches, colorful scenery, fabulous food and tropical drinks, and unique history and culture. Most of the hotels…
Broad Hint
Leslie CarboneAfter my misspent youth as a wage worker, I’m having so much more fun as a blogger, helping other discerning…
Next Clue
Leslie CarboneAfter my misspent youth as a wage worker, I’m having so much more fun as a blogger, helping other discerning…
Since You Asked …
1. Ronald Reagan winked at me. 2. I make fabulous lasagne. 3. I wrote a (so far) unpublished book called Slaying Leviathan:…
Blogs United in Hampton Roads
Last weekend’s Blogs United conference in Hampton Roads offerred an intriguing glimpse into the political clout of the Virginia blogosphere, and it…
Historic Irony
In Federalist 62, James Madison argued for the Constitution by making a compelling case for wise and stable government: Every nation whose…
Chambers’ Enduring WITNESS
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. Communist-turned-Christian Whittaker Chambers’ magisterial best-seller Witness was the most important book of the…
On Flag Day
The Star-Spangled Banner Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last…
Spirit of ’76
In 1976, Ronald Reagan ran as the conservative alternative to Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination. Governor Reagan lost by only 70…
New-Coke Politics
Coca-Cola in 1985 launched the most spectacular marketing disaster of all time: New Coke. This flop of a pop was stagnant Coke’s…