I knew Sen. Webb won the Navy Cross for his time as a 1st Lt. in the Marine Corps, but I only just recently read the account of what actually happened in Vietnam to merit this honor. I’m posting it here because it, quite frankly, made my jaw drop (but to be clear I consider everyone […]

Unless you live in Iowa, or depend on salmon fishing for a living, or appreciate the great forests of America, or countless other things that are being negatively affected by climate change. But hey, feel free to stick your head in the sand. After all, it’s only going to be 78 for a high here […]

If you came to this site looking for real estate information, there are hundreds of articles, and great tools at your disposal.  This article however, has nothing to do with real estate, and is written specifically to my father.
Over the last couple of weeks I have been jotting down notes about the things to which […]

Looks like the race in the first congressional district just became a three-way. Third party challenges are not a new thing in politics, and Independent Lucky Narain ran a spirited but unsuccessful race against Wittman and Phil Forgit last year. Nevertheless, the Libertarian Party nominated Nathan Larson for Congress on June 3; it was certified on […]

Without a doubt the most touching rendition of the classic song ever recorded.

This is the best photo (significantly retouched) showing one of the features just ahead of the heavy rainshaft that came along with yesterday’s storms that rolled through the area just after I got back into town. If I had been a half-hour earlier, if…

On Saturday the Fredericksburg Area Brewing and Tasting Society met at Kybecca for a “Summer Beer” exploration. Instead of picking a specific beer style, this month we looked at a variety of beers; Helles, Pilseners, Saisons, Wheat Ales, Hefeweizens, W…

I’m not a Democrat or Republican. I’m a small l libertarian, more or less. Neither candidate is strong across the board on liberty. However, Obama is much better on civil rights and personal liberty issues, and he is by far more committed to getting us the hell out of Iraq and charting a less antagonistic […]

Barack Hussein Obama pictured as the devil he is at a speech with a Marxist flag in the background.

At our last meeting former Governor Douglas Wilder addressed the City Council in support of a request to provide the National Slavery Museum a three-year exemption on real estate taxes. The amount involved is $42,745.00 per year for a total exemption o…