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Smith on Vicki McKenna

Vicki McKenna is one of my favorite radio hosts. A political conservative, she plies her trade over the airwaves of Madison and Milwuakee. Vicki has energy, vivaciousness, a great radio voice—and she likes me! I was on her show “Upfront With Vicki McKenna” yesterday on WIBA . . . . Continue Reading »

Do We Still Have the Right Stuff?

Here’s a very thoughtful brief essay that features both Tom Wolfe and ME. It’s fairly pessimistic—but still postmodern conservative—because its nostalgia is not for porches and goats but for pilots and astronauts—the members of the Greatest Generation. Those men . . . . Continue Reading »

Trumping Roget Takes Time

Taking forty-five years to finish a book project that almost no one will read in its entirety may seem . . . I don’t know, what’s a good word for disheartening? But Oxford University has been around for 913 years, which gives the school the patience to spend half a decade completing the . . . . Continue Reading »

Not-So-Holy Water

The Anglican bishop of Chelmsford has advised that holy water be removed from churches in his diocese in an effort to stop to spread of swine flu. And I thought a little water might help with dangerous swine . . . . . Continue Reading »

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