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Among the many virtues of Governor Palin is her willingness – if not eagerness – to self-identify as a feminist. I realize that the term causes no small amount of discomfort for most conservatives, and many libertarians; this is understandable, as feminism’s extreme genera are responsible for more intellectual atrocities than I can count (here’s [...]

While I’m almost certain this point has been made elsewhere, having failed to hear it in the general press, I am compelled to make it here: the only reason anybody has taken notice of Sarah Palin’s daughter, her husband’s tryst with the Alaskan Independence Party, or her dismissal of Walter Monegan is because no one [...]

…and I’m already experiencing mental fatigue every time I hear a talking head employ the term “gravitas.”

Two men from Dahlonega, Georgia have recently claimed to be in possession of Bigfoot’s carcass. Dahlonega is the home of my Alma Mater, North Georgia College and State University. I lived there for three years. I don’t know the guys, but this story tells me that one of two things has happened in the area [...]