Close-Order Drill on Parris Island
“If you all scream together, you will stay together!” a drill instructor yells to Marine recruits. “Yes, Sir!” By popular demand, I’m…
More Christmas Decorations at Colonial Williamsburg
Thanks to those of you who made last week’s post on Christmas decorations at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia so popular, I’m posting…
Colonial Christmastide at Night
Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia is lovely by day, but the 18th century springs to Brigadoon-esque life at night. In the dim…
Holiday Decorations at Colonial Williamsburg
Rusty orange leaves dotted grey-brown branches. Fruit-laden wreathes enlivened painted wooden doors and paned glass windows. Townspeople strolled the brick sidewalks in…
Polynesian Cultural Center on Oahu
The day after our somber visit to Pearl Harbor, my travel companion and I went for the celebratory atmosphere of the Polynesian…
U.S.S. Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was one of the main reasons why my travel companion and I chose the island of Oahu for our Hawaiian…
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…