‘Mad Jones’ book event, July 23, New Orleans!
To all in New Orleans or vicinity, I am very excited to announced that Octavia Books is hosting me at 6 p.m. on July 23 for a reading/signing event for […]
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Fifty years later, watch ‘Apollo 11,’ and marvel
By Quin Hillyer at the Washington Examiner, June 17, 2019. Some time in this next month, dear reader, please, please, please find and watch the documentary film “Apollo 11.” It’s a merely […]
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What Bush couldn’t teach, ‘tank man’ did
(June 3): When the Chinese government slaughtered unknown numbers of its own citizens in Tiananmen Square 30 years ago on June 4 (Chinese time), Americans waited in vain for their […]
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Dr. John, Leah Chase, Rafa Nadal, and other culture
Three columns about memorable people, and their art. (Follow the links in the headlines.) A slave ship and a restauratrice: black history done right (June 4): Two recent news items […]
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Visit Civil War battlefields, while you can
by Quin Hillyer| May 31, 2019 The educated mind grieves at reading in the Wall Street Journal that Civil War battlefields are attracting dramatically fewer visitors. These battlefields, especially as manned by […]
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Five Alive: Golf (2), budget, bias, bad judges
Follow the links embedded in the headlines. Golf’s best player? Brooks, no argument (May 20): Sports fans may not realize just how astonishingly good is golfer Brooks Koepka. With his […]
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The Five: Trade, Fed, Comey, Kavanaugh, Twilight Zone
Follow the links embedded in the headlines. Bill Clinton should thank Kavanaugh for Vince Foster investigation (May 6): The mind boggles once again at the self-centered, mendacious irresponsibility of former […]
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Gimme five! Poverty warrior; King isn’t Christ, & God Friended Me
Five Washington Examiner pieces by Quin (links embedded in the headlines); Ben Carson, pushing opportunity, battles poverty (April 26): Anyone who doubts the conservative commitment to fighting poverty should read the […]
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Old school tips on tipping at restaurants
(This is a slightly different version of a slice-of-life little piece that is running in the Washington Examiner print magazine….) A discussion on Twitter about tipping at restaurants led to […]
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Cambridge University shows hideous intellectual weakness
As President Trump wisely uses an executive order to protect free speechagainst college-campus thought police, news from Cambridge in England reminds us that leftist lunacy isn’t confined just to American universities. […]
