Our recent trip to Montana/Canada Where to stay: Super Deluxe! Deb and I recently ate at the Post hotel in Lake Louise, Alberta. The Post Hotel is perched at 1500 meters amidst the natural wonders of Banff National Park and is part of a small village which lines the banks of Lake Louise. The background […]
Dave Hammer: How The Beatles Changed Rock & Roll
I define “old-time rock and roll” as encompassing the period of 1955 to 1963 that mostly utilized two basic chord patterns. The first was the normal 12-bar blues pattern that may have originated in the cotton fields: I/ I/ I/ I/ IV/ IV/ I/ I/ V/ IV/ I/ I/. (Musicians use Roman numerals to denote […]
Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse
Product Description If you are fed up with Washington boondoggles, and you like the small-government, politically-incorrect thinking of Ron Paul, then you’ll love Tom Woods’s Meltdown. In clear, no-nonsense terms, Woods explains what led up to this economic crisis, who’s really to blame, and why government bailouts won’t work. Woods will reveal: ● Which brave […]
You Can Beat Prostate Cancer And You Don’t Need Surgery To Do It
Following years of research, communications with dozens of physicians and thousands of patients, Bob Marckini, founder of the Brotherhood of the Balloon, has written a book explaining in layman’s terms what every man needs to know about taking control of his own prostate cancer diagnosis and difficult treatment decision. All major treatment options are examined […]
Ralph Hammer: Dragony Guitars
“In 1998 I started searching for a D’Angelico arch top guitar, Gibson Super 400 or L5 to add to my vintage guitar collection. After years of searching and being unable to find a good performance guitar, I heard one of Joe Dragony’s arch top instruments at a live performance. Soon after, I met with Joe […]
Cato Institute Publications Catalog 2009
Here’s some great news for conservatives. The terrific, eagerly anticipated, four color Cato 2009 catalog is now available. A whole raft of indispensable Cato publications are detailed and summarized for you. I love the catalog and of course already own a number of the great books offered in my own personal library. Check out especially […]
Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman
If you’ve read any of Richard Feynman’s wonderful autobiographies you may think that abiography of Feynman would be a waste of your time. Wrong! Gleick’s Genius is a masterpiece of scientific biography–and an inspiration to anyone in pursuit of their own fulfillment as a person of genius. Deservedly nominated for a National Book Award, underservedly passed […]
Dick & Deb’s Visit to Monticello
Our recent trip to Monticello. Monticello is owned and operated by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc., which was founded in 1923. As a private, nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation, the Foundation receives no ongoing federal, state, or local funding in support of its dual mission of preservation and education. In its 86 years of existence, the Foundation […]
Dave Hammer’s Top 50 Rock and Roll Classics
Some people say that rock and roll began with the Chords singing Sh-Boom, but I can’t buy the idea that it was rock and roll. I believe it all began in 1955 when Little Richard Penniman screamed “a-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-bam.” Incidentally, Tutti Frutti’s lyrics are, to this day, misinterpreted (there is no “oh Rudy” or “bam-boom” in […]
Ted, White, And Blue: The Nugent Manifesto
Cocked, locked, and ready to rock, the Motor City Madman, the thinking man’s Abraham Lincoln, has unleashed the ultimate high-octane political manifesto for the ages in Ted, White, and Blue the most important patriotic statement since the Constitution. In Ted, White, and Blue you’ll discover: ● Why war is the answer to so many of […]