The temperatures this week here in Virginia dipped down into the 20s (F), but around us signs of spring poke through the cold.

This week we’ve got a full selection of reading and viewing links, including a podcast with Elizabeth Hand, a lost Bruce Lee interview, lost Thomas Jefferson books, …

As noted in The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 27, Thomas Jefferson writes, after touring through the vineyards of France:

There are four crops of them more famous than all the rest. These are Chateau-Margau, Tour de Segur, Haut-brion, and de la Fite. They cost 3 livres bottle, old: But are so …

It is clear to most that the politicians of today are no where near the caliber of our Founding Fathers, and we have been reminded of this fact quite frequently during this campaign season. For example, even John F. Kennedy knew where to tip his hat: in 1962 the former President was …