Month: August 2016

My excuse for not writing about the flooding in Louisiana isn’t great, but here it is. When the rain started on Friday, I was still on vacation. Over the weekend, I focused mostly on other things than the news, and what I...

When I was younger I used to do this, racing Baja bugs Twice around the Baja 500, twice around the Santo Tomas 200, once around the Mint 400. One time when I was co-driving (passenger seat) the Santo Tomas 200 (not the time we...

Currently, Nate Silver is giving Donald Trump less than an eleven percent chance of winning the November election and becoming the next president of the United States. Digging down a little deeper, we see that Silver says that...

A few months ago I was saying that I doubted HRC could win in Virginia.  That was based on my experiences in SW and Southside Va.  I knew the growth of the DC suburbs, Richmond and Norfolk area would help the...

I’d like to applaud Brian Beutler for the conception and flawless execution of his latest essay. Sometimes a fellow writer draws up such a clever play and then presents it with such skill that you just want to stand and...