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Holy Hits Batman!

I haven’t had a link from Instapundit in a while so I don’t know what Instalanches do these days, but a link from NRO’s The Corner produced quite a title wave today. See the graphic below. That’s over 7,200 visits and counting, the vast majority from the corner as I usually get around 400-500 hundred [...]

Russell Kirk's Ghost Stories

As regular readers of this blog know, I am a big fan of the writing of Russell Kirk. What many people might not know is that in addition to being one of the fathers of modern American conservatism Russell Kirk also wrote great short stories and Gothic novels. At my other blog I have posted [...]

Ancestral Shadows by Russell Kirk

Close readers of this site know that Russell Kirk is one of my intellectual mentors. Despite having lived in the same state (Michigan) for many years I never had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Kirk. But his writing, which I discovered while working for the Heritage Foundation in D.C., has had a big impact on [...]

Ohio Headed to a Recount?

Yes, you heard that right: it looks like Ohio might have a recount. But don’t worry, it isn’t going to change the outcome: A statewide recount of the presidential vote appears inevitable after a pair of third-party candidates said they have collected enough money to pay for it . . . Badnarik and Cobb said [...]