HoodaThunk?

Have a look at this time-lapse of the employment rates around American since 2007: If you’d like to see this bigger and in better resolution go here to the American Observer. (Hat tip: Project Virginia)

Apparently Maryland missed the ruling in the case of McDonald v. Chicago where the Supreme Court of the United States held that the 2nd Amendment protections of Americans’ right to keep and bear arms applies to the states and would, therefore, preclude their denial of a handgun permit sans some issue of criminality. The Second [...]

Obama’s up in Michigan today spinning like crazy to get people to believe that the auto industry bailout’s been a huge success. He’s visiting a Chrysler plant today and will head over to a Ford plant in Chicago next Wednesday. You’d never know from the story but it’s a fact that Ford Motor Company declined [...]

Amazon’s e-reader, the Kindle, is seeing its 3rd generation announced today. Amazon is not only lowering the price they are introducing a WiFi-only Kindle Wireless Reading Device available for pre-order now at $139.00. They are also releasing a 3rd generation device with 3G and WiFi for $189. I’ve been toying around with the idea of [...]

For almost 20 years I have pursued my family’s history, the study of genealogy. It’s taken me from the archive room at the National Archives, where I scrolled through dozens of microfilm reels, through forgotten family records and into the reaches of the Internet, a territory I know very well. Lately, there’s been a new [...]

In this instance, Clinton was right:

I had a very interesting conversation this morning with a noted member of the local media who’s preparing a story on the blogosphere (I would guess with an eye toward the local Loudoun ‘sphere, particularly). I’ll wait until I see whether the story is actually going to go anywhere before I mention any specifics but [...]

I note that the Bush-era tax cuts are back in the news again with the argument over whether to extend them or not heating up fast. Democrats in Congress can read polling numbers and – whether they want to admit it or not – they can understand what angry constituents showing up at increasingly rare [...]

After years of Christmas displays being set up with nary a complaint on the courthouse grounds in Leesburg, VA, last year’s display came under attack by people who apparently can’t abide the thought of someone believing something they don’t strongly enough to want to display something for a nationally-known holiday. In short, some person demanded [...]

I’ve been on some flights that were bumpy enough to worry me, and that’s coming from a former airline employee. Thankfully, I’ve never been through anything like this: A United Airlines  jetliner hit severe turbulence while flying over Kansas, injuring 30 and jolting one woman out of her seat so forcefully that she left a [...]