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What time are the Opening Ceremonies today? London is five hours ahead of Eastern Daylight Time, and I think the ceremonies begin at 9:00 London time, so 4:00 our time? Is that correct? I want to make sure to watch all the chicks that are taking advantage of

Nock Notions "The decade 1887-97 was one of the most extraordinary periods in all the history of America's fantastic civilization; even the period 1929-39 can do but little more than match its bizarre eccentricities. . . . Free silver, the initiative, referendum and recall; farmer-labourism, votes-for-

BYCU A few good drinking quotes: "Conversation, hilarity and drink are connected in a profoundly human, peculiarly intimate way." Kingsley Amis ________________ "While the village remained the social unit, strangers appeared seldom, and when they did they were heavily outnumbered by your family, your friends, people you had

From the Notebooks Is democracy better than monarchy? I've long thought that question deserves more attention, but I've long thought that a prudent American doesn't ask it, since many Americans view such a question as either treasonous or insane. In fact, it's

From the Notebooks Many conservatives today seem to think Russell Kirk [http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=16-05-041-f] wasn't a libertarian, and if memory serves, he didn't consider himself a libertarian (though he, on more than one occasion, confounded Rothbard'