Here in the Old Dominion we have early voting, something that does not happen in the morning, but rather up to 45 days prior to the General Election we can sashay into the local registrar’s office and cast our ballot if we meet one or more of seventeen official excuses. In Virginia, you may apply […]

I am at the farm, so far successfully avoiding the prospect of hacking at the foliage that has- perhaps- obstructed the line-of-site from the dish on the side of the house to the Direct TV satellite hanging in geostationary orbit 22,236 miles deep in the southern sky. The low gray clouds may have sapped a […]

Editor’s Note: There is a bumper crop of content at the website this morning. Concluding a three-part Coastal Empire series, a Tacitus essay and a restaurant review from The Daily. Enjoy! – Vic It is all unlikely, in this most unlikely season in an unlikely teen-aged Century. I find myself at the Farm, having parked […]

I am a sometimes-proud alumni of a little college located in Ann Arbor, as many of you know, and over a couple decades of deep disappointment, thought I had successfully weaned myself off the football program there. Alsas, I regret to say that the antics of the young men in the Maize and Blue have […]

Man, I am toasted from the motion over the weekend that saw Pete haul my sorry butt across southwest Virginia, into the Volunteer State and north to Kentucky and the charming little college town at Berea. And then back the next day. Sandwiched in there was the first Presidential debate, and so I think you […]

As careful readers may have noticed, I have been feeling bad al summer- a sort of car-sick feeing that won’t go away. I was concerned enough about it that I actually figured out my health care arrangements, now that I am a Medicare enrollee. I made the requisite appointments, was told by one specialist that […]

(The impressive spire of Christ Church Alexandria, attended by George Washington and Robert E. Lee. Photo Socotra). I ran across a bit of news the other day that confirmed that I no longer live in a place I once did. It was about The Rebel, the one who stands at the intersection of South Washington […]

An evening of naval history and the role of intelligence in battle at the International Spy Museum The International Spy Museum (800 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004) is a national treasure of spookery, tradecraft and strange tales. It is a must-see attraction when visiting Your Nation’s Capital, and well worth the trip downtown. Numerous […]

(The Burger Bash 2015 Grand Champion, two in a row for Tracy’s Willow team). I told you last year it would not be the last time I wrote about Willow. In a way, it is always going to be with us. Heather talked about it at Front Page the other night, that the one-year anniversary […]