Author: The Freeholder

Read this.   Orson Scott Card has made his name by authoring books such as Ender’s Game and the Alvin Maker series, but he’s a…

As we get closer to the political parties’ conventions and the November elections, the shrill tone of the social left and their tame lapdogs, the…

Well, it seems that the story of Ian Spiers, suspicious photographer of locks, (I blogged about it here) has been getting some play in the Seattle area…

Actually, we’ve had it since Monday night, but with ball games, removing the window airconditioner that I was using to keep the house tolerable and…

(Via Jerry Pournelle) This is what our country is descending to–Third World justice. The slippery slope of freedom versus our defense suddenly seems slipperier and…

Sorry for not putting anything up lately. Blame it on the summer heat, laziness or whatever. It doesn’t help that our central AC died this…

Normally, when I go away for a few days, there’s always one or two things worth blogging about when I return. Somewhere, there is some…

One more from my local area. These are the ones that just make you cry. Investigation into boy’s drowning will be turned over to DA…

From my local area… A 26-year-old ner-do-well does himself in while committing a crime. But the media can’t bring itself to say that, it has…

You may have seen this noted elsewhere, but if not, you need to read Walter E. Williams’ short essay on the topic. Like it? There’s…

Judging from the reactions, our enemies in Iraq as well as in the media, were blindsided by Paul Bremer’s handover of sovereignty to the new…

OK, I’ve been under a rock the few days, so I’m playing catchup. It seems that this past Thursday (6/24), Al Gore, Inventor of the…

I’ve added a few (OK, more than a few) folks to the Occasional Reads heading. I’m spending way too much time surfing blogs lately. I’ve…

Gee, it seems that a Group Other Than Government can successfully do something about getting us into space. What a shocker! Say it ain’t so!…

No, home sick. And bored, when I’m awake. I’ve posted more today than any other single day since I’ve started this blog. I hope you…

(Via no quarters) This lady makes me look like a liberal–take time to read her essay on “The Culture War is Over“. For that matter,…

Got a GMail account? Good, skip to the third paragraph. If you’re a Blogger blogger and you’ve been skipping by the GMail invite, or you…

I feel so…out of character. The Supremes, or rather, the conservatives among the Supremes have finally ruled on the Hiibel case. (My original post here.)…

If you’re even a fraction as tired as I am of Michael Moore and his venomous spew, this is the website for you. Buy the…

(Via Kim Du Toit) http://www.terpsboy.com/terpsboyarchives/001111.html

(Via Jerry Pournelle) Is it possible to have one’s life ruined over hot chocolate with marshmallows? It seems this lady is destined to find out.…

Sen. Orin Hatch (R-RIAA) has decided to once again shill for his masters. Of course, we all need to take this with a grain of…

Or at least your air monitors, according to some local leaders. Normally, I don’t blog local news, but I thought this one was worth the…

Maybe there is hope for the legal system after all. The jurors in the Kobe Bryant case will be allowed to question the witnesses themselves.…

Clinton Calls Infidelity ‘Terrible Moral Error’ Yes, I’m weak, but I can’t resist… What was your first clue, Sparky? My big question now is how…

As per usual this time of year, I’ve been out of touch for most of the weekend. (I came home early this weekend due to…

Don’t you liberal fools just hate it that we just keep finding evidence that Iraq really did have WMDs? This time, your precious United Nations…

Now we have word that a musical great, Ray Charles, has died. Another major loss in the span of a week. This is being a…

Like a lot of others, I’ve been listening and watching the mainstream media coverage of Ronald Reagan’s life and funeral. The more I learn about…

(Via WorldNet Daily) Now this is my kind of woman–in more ways than one. Beauty and intelligence in one package. One thing I don’t get–why…