In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.
~Francis Bacon
Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care...
Up in the mountains and maybe no wireless! Hope I don't get the DT's.
Loads of people love to talk about fascism coming to the United States, draped in a flag and carrying a cross. Well, maybe that's so; but I happen to think that it'll come the way good, old-fashioned fascism came...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, September 2, 2011
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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, September 1, 2011
I usually try to get back to the Commonwealth once a year. I've lived for the past 30 years in the same part of England to which two other Virginia women, Pocahontas (my kinswoman) and Nancy Astor, were condemned;...
At the recommendation of a fellow Southerner, I'm currently reading a book I should have read long ago - Tony Horwitz's Confederates in the Attic.
It's one of the most honest representations of the Southern psyche I've yet to read, without...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, August 29, 2011
Did you hear that?
~Batuwara(Krakatoa Island 1883)
This is the first in a series of articles discussing one of my favorite subjects - The end of the world. Now, before you ask, "What the fuck is your problem?", I'd like to...
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