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  • 14. My Early Life (A Roving Commission)Sir Winston S. Churchill Love him or hate him, Sir Winston Churchill was one of the most colorful characters of the twentieth century -- and quite a good prose writer. This autobi…

  • 15. The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the LawRobert H. Bork Yes, this is the famous Judge Bork who was eponymously "borked" by the Democratic Senate in the late 80s when Reagan nominated him for the Su…

  • 9 votes for the books, 5 votes for the Constitution Party, 3 votes for the other items. Looks like I will write about books. Unfortunately, when I started compiling the list of the ten greatest books I have read, it wa…

  • In an attempt to impose some method on this madness, I want to start a series of blogs about one topic, instead of randomly commenting on whatever strikes my fancy. Here are the topics I will choose from: My disagreeme…

  • Happy San Jacinto Day! So Senator Voinovich misses several days of the Bolton hearings... and then he shows up and says he's "not ready" to vote on the nominee... and he is a hero for this?

  • New profile pic, new header. (Changed from "Conservatives have no hearts / ... and liberals have no brains" to "A fool and his money / are soon elected.") My mother pleasantly surprised me with two new books today... H…

  • I took the denominational quiz that has been floating around on my friends' sites... I think my results are interesting, especially since I am a member of a fundamental independent Baptist church where Calvinists are fe…

  • OpinionJournal.com had a very clever article today about Hillary Clinton. Read it and find out why she probably won't win the Democratic nomination for President in 2008. At the Honor Society meeting last Thursday, a b…

  • Time to pre-register for my classes this fall... I need to decide between Latin and Greek for the next two years. Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated.

  • With reference to that idea of giving the government money to reduce the national debt... it looks like people actually do this. And it's substantial amounts of money. Numbers from the official site, fiscal years 1996-…

  • The Astros won a beautiful game last night to sweep the Cincinnati Reds. Craig Biggio went 3-for-5 and now has 398 career steals. I finished reading Paradise Lost (along with the rest of Milton's poetic works). Very i…

  • Garrett, since you are so concerned lately about the national debt, this is for you. From page 58 of the "2004 1040 Instructions" booklet (No. 11325E): "How Do You Make a Gift To Reduce Debt Held By the Public? "If yo…

  • I've been working on my income tax return. Even though I'm getting it all back, I'm frustrated with the complexity of the whole process. (Hence I think the FairTax is a cool idea...) But if you're having the same prob…

  • So I am home sick from church tonight. Might as well take it out on somebody... The Astros got revenge on the Cardinals to the tune of 4-1 this afternoon. Andy Pettitte threw six innings and allowed four hits (includi…

  • My current thoughts on Catholicism (prompted by reading the heated debates over at Matt's site): First, background about myself. You all know that I'm not a Catholic and have never pretended otherwise. I have been a M…

  • "If you want equal justice for all and true freedom and lasting peace, then, America, defend life. All the great causes that are yours today will have meaning only to the extent that you guarantee the right to life and …

  • Google Gulp is here! I have a few bottlecaps left to give away... I will be out of town until Sunday, but if you want one, leave me a message. (Don't forget to let me know what flavor you'd prefer.)

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