The Right Geek

(I'm swapping the political post with the geeky post this week, as I'm still working on reading one of the books getting the next s...

You are "American" in a legal sense if you were born here. You are also "American" in a legal sense if you've moved...

(Feel free to scroll down to the bottom to skip the politics if you prefer!) My Moral Foundations Interesting. I outpace the average le...

I'm currently mainlining the MCU in preparation for Endgame (which I'm planning to see late Tuesday night), so here is Dad again: ...

I'm a Trump skeptic - and initially, Dad was too - but I think he's right here. Being a petty dick is sub-optimal in a national lead...

I was pretty busy this week, so I'm going to allow my father to take the floor today. Liberals would like to move my country away from...

A Civics Lesson Quick question: In the late 1780's, when the US Constitution was written and ratified after lengthy argument, which s...

People on the right can be hostile and violent. So can people on the left. But here's the difference as I experience it: When a crazy Tr...

Sarah Hoyt is probably going to smack me over the head for asking such a question, but I can't help but wonder: Is it time for a divorce...

...and I go a little crazy on Twitter. I woke up with a fever this morning, so I've been stuck at home all day spending  far too much...

How Utah Keeps the American Dream Alive , Megan McArdle None of the findings in this article surprise me. My mother's family is origin...

So the net now informs me that finding clothes that fit is a "cis privilege." As a cis-female, that certainly comes as news to m...

If you follow the latest social media shit-storms at all, you may have heard of journalist Josh Barro. Recently, Barro joined the Legio...

If you believe free speech should be forcibly curtailed for certain people you don't like, then you must believe you have a total mono...

If not, you really should.

... and this presidential term has only just begun. I was alive and politically aware during the post 9/11 W. Bush administration, and bac...

As I've mentioned in earlier posts, my family is building a house on ten acres of pastureland in Rappahannock County, one of Virginia...

Before I launch into some more discussion of the Hamilton incident last Friday, I'd like to share another fantastic song from the show ...

(Or, in this case, rap about the national debt.) I was planning to write a long post/civics lesson today about the federal system and why,...

I'm not going to let go of this -- because it really pisses me off. I've worked with the students of Prince William County for the...