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Clear filtersMarch Madness is upon us. I like tens of millions of people do a bracket every year. I have never gotten a perfect bracket, not even close. In fact, the NCAA states that the odds of getting a …
Dear Reader, I am going to let you in on a deep dark family secret. I am doing this more for me than for you. I hope exposing this humiliating skeleton in my family’s closet will be a cathartic…
I once dated a gal (we shall call her Elvira) who got offended if I said anything complimentary of someone she didn’t like. Since she didn’t like “Mary Sue,” it was my duty to hate Mary Sue. If I…
My boy Coleman played a lot of baseball growing up. After Little League season was over, he would be invited to play in Allstar invitationals. An enduring vision I have of those years is leaving the…
When I think of Canadians, I think of toothless hockey players taking off their gloves and wailing on each other. I think of big strapping lads wearing flannel shirts bringing down mighty oak trees…
The AH-64 Apache helicopters flew low over the Potomac. Everything was working as planned. After the bridges were secure, a contingent of loyal Army officers and soldiers gathered at Fort Belvoir…
I have mapped out positions on all major issues of national importance. I can tell you what works and exactly how to fix any national problem. However, there is one issue I don’t understand. I have…
When I was younger, I used to be an addict. I wasn’t an alcoholic. Not a porn addict. I smoked pot a couple times after football practice in high school, but no drugs since. I have been to Monte…
My old man was a piece of work. I know of no one who loved Christmas more. Dad had a huge personality. He’s been gone for 33 years, yet I still hear new stories. I often meet some older gent for the…
So what’s the deal with all the perverts and pedophiles at CNN? Don Lemon grabs a man’s private parts at a Hampton’s watering hole. He then assaults him in other ways that I find too tawdry to…
Reuters did a nationwide poll the other day asking Americans what was worrying them. The most pressing issue for most of you this Christmas season is “what do I get Rob for Christmas?” Aw shucks. I’m…
We Smiths are a large clan. We are # 1 in the English-speaking world. We declared jihad on the Joneses and the Johnsons a long time ago. They are chumps. We didn’t get to be the most prolific clan…
I remember when I was a boy, my parents told me to get dressed up as we were going to hear the Polish ambassador speak, and there was a reception to follow at Mr. and Mrs. Farmar’s house. I was only…
The Screaming Weasels, my U-13 girls soccer team, were undefeated. All the girls had nicknames; such as Big Foot Blankenship, Caterpillar Cowles, Mary Poppins, Alligator Allie and Bulldog Miller.…
This article is about the preservation of YOUR wealth and liberties. All economic activities are the result of human behavior. To avoid the perils of the past, one must understand that human beings…
Vladimir Lenin stated, if the government tells a lie often enough, it becomes the truth. Nowhere is this maxim more true or relevant than on the subject of “climate change.” Right now, Brandon is in…
The most important job of a father is to teach his son how to be a man and to teach his daughter how a man is supposed to be. Nothing is more sacred to a father than protecting his little girl. The…
I am a people person, and always enjoy meeting new people, especially if we share the same passions. Sometimes fortuitous circumstances bring people with similar interests together, as what happened…
Dennis came to work for one of my companies in 1994. I owned a chain of fried chicken and biscuit restaurants and needed someone to run them. I sure as hell didn’t know how to. Dennis had worked for…
If I was a seal and some British officer was trying to club me to death, I’d bite the Limey son of a bitch. I’d go straight for his gonads, and I’d get my seal buddies to do the same. If you’ve heard…
What causes great societies to rise and then fall? What causes them to rise is legal recognition of the sanctity of private property and free and open trade. Doubt me? Let’s look at Rome. Roman law…
My first job out of law school was for Joe Stettinius. If you recognize that name, his father was Secretary of State under FDR. Joe gave me authority over a line of credit and a check book and told…
I remember it was a beautiful morning in Charleston, and I had walked over to the Farmer’s Market at Marion Square. A nice, hippyish gal was selling her locally raised fruit and truck vegetables. She…
I always think it is bad form to ask someone “what do you do” upon first meeting them. I usually make something up and tell them I am a toll booth operator or a Walmart greeter. However, when the…
