I must admit that upon listening to Barack Obama mention his uncle’s presence at the liberation of Auschwitz, I felt no small amount of pride at knowing immediately the exact nature of his gaffe: while the heroic actions of American soldiers in Europe during WWII were numerous (see my father’s post below), they did not [...]

My wedding photographer, Greg Janney, has recently returned from his second trip to Iraq. He arranged the trip to allow a fallen Marine’s father to visit the site of his son’s death. An account of the trip can be found here, but more importantly, the story will be featured on Fox News’ Special Report with [...]

Rafique at The Liberal War Journal has tagged me. OK, so he tagged me almost two months ago. This is what I get for never glancing at that box in WordPress which lists incoming links. Oh, well… The Rules: I. Link to the person who tagged you. (See above) II. Post the Rules Here. III. [...]

The above post, like most of the election commentaries which have appeared on this blog over the past few months, was authored by my father, Tim. This is noted under the title of each post, but doesn’t appear very prominently. Just a brief note to make sure I’m not inadvertently taking credit for work which [...]

NPR has recently posted an interesting story about life in Cuba after Fidel Castro. Things appear to be improving, and I can only assume they will do so exponentially when the old man finally assumes room temperature. But this poses an interesting sociological question: as of 2000, 34% of Miami’s population was Cuban (collectivist paradises [...]