Alexander Hamilton and Blogging
One of the things I love about blogging is all the fun opportunities it brings me. I spent last night tweeting the…
SamSphere Scottsdale
What a great week! Last Monday, I sent my manuscript, Slaying Leviathan: The Moral Case for Tax Reform, to my publisher. On…
Thinking Clearly, Writing Well
Now that things are settling down around here, I can get back to my series on writing well. The most important element…
Writing Well–Introduction
As I announced last week, I’m starting an occasional series on writing well. Many thanks to all who have provided some great…
New Series on Writing Well
I have decided to start posting a new blog series on writing well. In order to make this series as beneficial as…
Crime and Punishment at Colonial Williamsburg
Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia does a wonderful job of teaching the ideals on which America was founded. And it does an equally…
Blogging is a Contact Sport
The Sam Adams Alliance released this video today. WARNING: Contains offensive language. Leslie CarboneAfter my misspent youth as a wage worker, I’m…
AP, Blogs, and the Market Economy
My SamSphere sister blog Ft. Hard Knox has a great post knocking the Associated Press for its “crack-down” on bloggers. The nonsense…
Naked X-Rays at More U.S. Airports
Tyrants Snooping on Americans (TSA) have installed a naked X-ray machine at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia. “Whole body imaging”…
Resolved at Colonial Williamsburg, Free and Independent States!
On May 15, 1776, the Virginia Convention in colonial Williamsburg unanimously adopted a resolution instructing the colony’s delegates to the Continental Congress…
The Citizen Soldier at Colonial Williamsburg
So often the momentary intrudes upon the momentous. Against the backdrop of dramatic political change, every-day concerns pressured the families of colonial…
Cloak Yourself in Lies and Selfishness
I feel something of an obligation to acknowledge up front that I hated Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, David Sedaris’s…