I applaud Bill Maher for stating the obvious: that China and Cancel Culture represent real threats to the United States, to all Americans, to our way of life, and to the culture of individual freedoms and limited government. Mr. Maher quoted from the movie “Lawrence of Arabia:” So long as the Arabs fight tribe against […]

Editor’s Note: A marvelous day in the Piedmont of Virginia. Our glimpse of Spring from the back deck, overlooking the pastures and the treeline that separates us from the Chinese Glass project were a backdrop to a delightful Joint Service visit. Arrayed at the outdoor table were proud members of Army, Air Force and Navy. […]

Editor’s Note: Arrias helps the Socotra House Staff limp from the sadness of the loss of a good friend and back to the surreal world in which we (temporarily) reside. There are large things in motion in the wide world. Royal squabbles on Oprah is one for the morning. The COVID extravaganza, of course, and […]

Editor’s Note: Frabjous day! Calloo, Calay! That snarly little month of February has been placed behind us now, and the depths of winter here in the Piedmont have passed! Of course, the chill rain has been falling since yesterday, washing us in a sea of country gray of ambivalence. A former President appeared somewhere late […]

Editor’s Note: One of the problems that plagues my thoughts these days is the sheer mount of cash floating about our beloved Congress. Some say there is still a trillion dollars still in some sort of digital limbo from the last adventure in relief from something, and another two trillion to come. The purpose of […]

A prominent lawyer and former member of the Obama White House recently penned a piece on free speech, and suggested that the debate on free speech was, to use his words, “Broken.” He takes issue with the Supreme Court’s commitment to “the marketplace of ideas,” and with Justice Brandeis’s comment that the remedy for falsehood […]

Editor’s Note: Made the first half of the Super Bowl that culminated a chaotic season that reflected our social chaos. It was the first professional sports I have watched in a year, but sadly only made it to the half of the game. There are several stories in the contest, but we will let them […]

Editor’s Note: Arrias takes on something that is rattling around in the background. His assessment suggests we will have to start using a word I had never before encountered in real life. “Quadrillion.” Alert reader may want to get used to it. – Vic Roll Them Bones So, we’re about to add $1.9 trillion dollars […]

Editor’s Note: A twin-spin this morning. Arrias is insightful as usual as we all grapple with this astonishing and changing world. – Vic Watch some TV for just a few minutes and you’ll be bombarded by a broad assortment of news and entertainment, police shows and spy shows and political dramas. They all share certain […]

Editor’s Note: It is Martin Luther King Day. He is one of my heroes from the old days, but his beliefs- Christianity and Non-Violence- seem to have lost some of their old energy. There are other things in motion now. Arrias and I have been thinking about numbers lately, since there appears to be actual […]