Month: June 2005

Bonfire of the Vanities entries for this weeks edition (Week 102 - to be hosted at Basil's Blog) are due by midnight (Eastern), Monday June 13th. Send a link …

"That's why America hates Democrats"Gov. Mark Warner (D-Va), noting from first-hand experience that the elitist liberalism prominent in Democrats on both coasts doesn't sell well anywhere else. Democrats ignore …

I've mentioned before New Ipswich, New Hampshire's police chief W. Garrett Chamberlain, who finds himself unexpectedly leading the fight against illegal aliens in New Hampshire. As you may recall, …

There's a new study out, and it proclaims that Massachusetts is the smartest state, while New Mexico is the dumbest. (Cow Hampshire ranks 12, by the way, just making …

Here's a description of a teenager from Atkinson, NH: 18, Eagle Scout, distinguished high school student, honored by town selectmen with a day named for him. Here's another description …

That's what Susan Paynter's Seattle Post-Intelligencer column, When Marine recruiters go way beyond the call, would have you believe. Judging by the reaction of the blogosphere, that's what's being …

Grocery stores have a much better selection of fresh fruit and vegetables at 6:00 a.m. than they do at 9:30 p.m., and the lines are usually shorter....

Reader recommended stories for Saturday June 11, 2005: Want To Participate?...

I recently was contacted by an ex-girlfriend. After exchanging niceties, she got to the point: she wanted the name of the doctor who had performed a certain procedure on …

It looks like there's a break in the case of the missing teen in Aruba.ORANJESTAD, Aruba (MSNBC/AP) - Police investigating the disappearance of an Alabama teenager in Aruba said...