Leslie Carbone

• King's Arms Tavern

  
  
  The pewter salt cellar feels cool and slightly gritty to the touch; it sounds a soft clap when replaced on the wooden table. The reproduction Chippendale and Queen Anne furniture, and the maps and other prints on the painted wooden walls of the King's' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 11:54am EST
  

• Thank You, Sen. Webb!

  Never thought you'd see those words on this blog, huh? Well, neither did I.
  
  But yesterday, Senator Jim Webb, who rarely does anything of which I approve, stood up to President Barack Obama and the national-security nincompoops in his Administration who have decided to try 9/11' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 8:08am EST
  

• Bush: "I went against my free-market instincts."

  Former President George Bush XLIII delivered a speech yesterday in which he warned against the kind of government meddling that he perpetrated last fall.
  
  This 55-second clip reveals a wealth of mushy thinking, and shows that the former President still doesn't grasp how deeply he harmed this country:[...]

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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 9:56am EST
  

• Thursday on WTJS

  My SamSphere friend Ken Marrero is slotted to sub for Mike Slater on WTJS in Jackson, Tennessee, on Thursday, and he's scheduled me to chat about Slaying Leviathan at 6:30 am. I hope you'll tune in! [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 10:12pm EST
  

• Happy Birthday, U.S. Marine Corps!

  

  Thanks for standing on the wall!

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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 11:53am EST
  

• "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

  

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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 8:36am EST
  

• Obama/Pelosi-"Care" Passes

  The health-care power grab has passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 220-215.
  
  Please call your Senators and ask them to vote against Obama-"care". If you live in Virginia, your Senators are:
  
  Jim Webb
  (202) 224-4024
  
  and
  
  Mark Warner
  (202) 224-2023
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 11:16pm EST
  

• Obama/Pelosi-"Care" Vote Likely Today

  In the wake of President George Bush XLIII's bail-out, more than 100 banks failed. In the wake of President Barack Obama's "stimulus" package, unemployment has climbed above 10 percent. And in response to fumbling overreaches like these, Americans on Tuesday capped off a year of tea parties, [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  

• Conservatism Wins!

  Today's has been my favorite election since 1984, because conservatism had won even before the day had dawned.
  
  When the GOP's anointed liberal dropped out of the special election in New York's 23rd "safe Republican" congressional district on Saturday, after badly trailing Conservative Party candidate [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 8:06pm EST
  

• Cry Witch!

  The polished wood gleams in the glow of flickering candles. It's nighttime, and little moonlight breaks through the circular window panes in their cream-colored frames.
  
  Several dozen visitors have gathered in the courtroom of Colonial Williamsburg's dull-red brick Capitol building to serve as the jury in a [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 4:42pm EDT
  

• BREAKING: Scozzafava Out!

  My friend Stacy McCain is reporting that Dede Scozzafava, the GOP's anointed liberal in the special election in New York's 23rd congressional district, has dropped out of the race! Poll after poll has recently shown Ms. Scozzafava badly trailing Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman. This is a stunning--and [...]
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  Posted: October 31, 2009, 10:41am EDT
  

• "Take AIM" Today

  In the wake of my speech to Accuracy In Academia's conservative university earlier this month, I'm slotted to chat about Slaying Leviathan on "Take AIM", the blogtalkradio program of AIA's parent organization, Accuracy In Media, this morning at 11:30 (EST). Please tune in![...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 8:06am EDT
  

• Robert Reich: "We're Gonna Let You Die"

  

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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 10:00pm EDT
  

• Blogs United Registration Open

  Virginia's next Blogs United conference is scheduled for November 21 at Christopher Newport University in Hampton Roads. The last Blogs United conference, in 2007, was lots of fun, and this November's promises more of the same. You can register here for $15.00. [...]
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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 8:40am EDT
  

• This Week on WGGRN

  My friend Chad Everson, whom I met at last year's fabulous SamSphere Chicago, has started WGGRN, a new conservative talk radio network. I had the pleasure of appearing on his BlogTalkRadio show last year during the bail-out fight, and I'm happy to write that he's planning to' [...]
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  Posted: October 26, 2009, 8:59am EDT
  

• War in the West

  America is a nation built on the foundation of great ideas. But great ideas can be difficult to live out. This is true today, as we move further and further from the time when ideas like individual liberty and limited government were debated and developed from Congresses to coffeehouses. But [...]

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  Posted: October 24, 2009, 12:11pm EDT
  

• Government v. Prosperity

  

  Accuracy In Academia has posted last week's talk about my book. I hope you find it valuable.

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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 12:13pm EDT
  

• Cuccinelli "Money Bomb"

  My disgust with the Party of Bush is no secret. But in a political party overrun with misguided opportunists, there remain a few principled conservative politicians. State Senator Ken Cuccinelli, the Republican nominee for Attorney General of Virginia, is one such conservative. Sen. Cuccinelli has been an effective [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 8:40am EDT
  

• "Slaying Leviathan" Events

  Thursday promises to be a good day for Slaying Leviathan.
  
  I start the day with a 6 a.m. (PST) appearance on KVI 570 AM's Kirby Wilbur Show in Seattle. If you're not in Washington state, you can listen online here.
  
  Then at 6 [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 9:23am EDT
  

• Defending the American Dream

  A year has passed since former President George Bush XLIII, former treasury czar Hank Paulson, and their band of plunderers in Congress foisted the unConstitutional bank bail-out on an unwilling American public. And it has been the most encouraging year I can remember since [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 12:33pm EDT
  

• WSPD in Toledo

  SamSphere comes through again! I'm planning to chat about Slaying Leviathan on WSPD in Toledo today at 3:30 pm EST with blogger extraordinaire Maggie Thurber, whom I met at last year's fabulous SamSphere Chicago. Please tune in. [...]
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  Posted: September 24, 2009, 1:25pm EDT
  

• Health Czar, Interrupted

  

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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 10:13am EDT
  

• Obama's Health Care "Reform" Could Cost $4,176 per Virginian

  Yesterday, I enjoyed the privilege of talking about Slaying Leviathan with the Tuesday Morning Group, a monthly gathering of freedom-loving Virginians, sponsored by Tertium Quids. It was great to talk with them about my book, and especially to catch up with Jeffersoniad friends like Rick [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 2:20pm EDT
  

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Conservatism

  I'm scheduled to chat about Slaying Leviathan tonight at 9:10 (EST) with Ann Babe Huggett and my SamSphere colleague Warner Todd Huston on their Blog Talk Radio show Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Conservatism. Please tune in!' [...]
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  Posted: September 03, 2009, 7:35pm EDT
  

• MTNP Radio Saturday

  I'm going back on Meet The New Press Radio this morning at 10:05 (EST) to talk about Slaying Leviathan and the Dean/Moran Town Hall with my fellow SamSphere bloggers Skip Murphy and Doug Lambert. Please tune in here.' [...]
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  Posted: August 29, 2009, 7:50am EDT
  

• Town Hall Reflections

  The plunder lobby did a good job of mobilizing its astroturf whiners for yesterday's Town Hall meeting with Howard Dean and Jim Moran.
  
  Earlier this week, Organizing for America sent out an email urging agitators to arrive at 5:00 for the Town Hall, a full hour [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 9:09am EDT
  

• Slaying Leviathan is out!

  I am happy to announce that my book Slaying Leviathan: The Moral Case for Tax Reform has been released. You can order it here. [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 2:37pm EDT
  

• Democrats Asked to Pack Moran Town Hall Before Constituents Arrive

  The glossy postcard, printed and posted at taxpayer expense, arrived last week:
  
  Howard Dean
  to Speak at Town Hall Discussion
  on Health Care Reform
  Hosted by Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA)
  on
  Tuesday, August 25, 2009
  7:00PM - 9:00PM
  Doors open at 6:00PM
  
  Wanting to get [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 4:14pm EDT
  

• President Reagan's 1984 Acceptance Speech

  

  Is America better off than she was 25 years ago?

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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 11:22am EDT
  

• Health Reform

  

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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 12:09pm EDT
  

• Obama on 300,000,000-payer health insurance

  

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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 4:47pm EDT
  

• MTNP Podcast

  Click here to listen to a podcast of Saturday's MTNP interview with Paul Mitchell, the conservative candidate booted from the Republican Party booth at the Lake County, Illinois, Fair. [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 10:35am EDT
  

• MTNP Radio Today

  Please tune in to Meet The New Press Radio this morning at 9:00 EST, as my SamSphere colleagues Doug Lambert and Skip Murphy host Paul Mitchell, the conservative candidate who was booted from the Republican Party booth at the Lake County, Illinois, Fair. [...]
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  Posted: August 01, 2009, 8:36am EDT
  

• GOP War on Conservatives Continues

  Stubbornly refusing to learn from the disastrous losses and even more disastrous victories of its "moderate" and Conservative-In-Name-Only candidates, the Republican Party continues to give conservatives the cold shoulder while wooing liberals into its left-listing big tent. The most recent example comes from Lake County, Illinois, where [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 8:56am EDT
  

• You Spend Two Trillion Bucks. What Do You Get?

  

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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 4:51pm EDT
  

• Health Administration Bureau

  

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  Posted: July 18, 2009, 10:23am EDT
  

• Obama vs Obama on the Stimulus

  

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  Posted: July 18, 2009, 10:12am EDT
  

• United Breaks Guitars

  

  This video provides a great example showing why freedom of speech is so important to the efficiency of the market economy--and it's really funny too.

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  Posted: July 11, 2009, 12:20pm EDT
  

• GOP's Woes Nothing New

  Sorting through some old boxes this morning, I ran across the March 14, 1993, "Orange County Voices" page of the Los Angeles Times (sorry, no link because I couldn't find it in the paper's archives).
  
  Under the banner headline, "GOP Must Define Its Basic Essence, Offer Clear Vision'" [...]
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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 11:29am EDT
  

• Washington, D.C., Tea Party

  

  Event organizer Lisa Miller has posted part of my speech to the Independence Day Tea Party on Capitol Hill. I hope you enjoy it.

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  Posted: July 07, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  

• Tea Parties

  The Washington, D.C., Tea Party today was a fabulous success! I'd say there were around 2,000 passionate patriots there. Unfortunately, something went wrong with my video, so I can't post my speech. However, I also sent a video message to the Birmingham Tea Party, since I couldn't accept their kind' [...]

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  Posted: July 04, 2009, 7:10pm EDT
  

• Declaration of Independence on Alaska Cruise Ships

  While many of us across America will be celebrating Independence Day at Tea Parties, some lucky passengers cruising around Alaska will see an original copy of the Declaration of Independence. One of the approximately 200 original broadsides will be brought on board all (ironically) Princess Cruise ships [...]
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  Posted: June 20, 2009, 1:48pm EDT
  

• Freedom & Prosperity Radio

  Recently, I had the privilege of chatting about my book and the moral need for fundamental tax reform on Virginia's own Freedom & Prosperity Radio. You can listen to a podcast at Tertium Quids. [...]
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  Posted: June 15, 2009, 9:32am EDT
  

• Obama:Putin::Bush:Corleone?

  House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (Virginia, to my great dismay) made headlines this week when he likened President Barack Obama's policies that build upon former (to my great relief) President George Bush XLIII's auto bail-out to the policies of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
  
  "It's almost'" [...]
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  Posted: June 13, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
  

• Independence Day TEA Parties

  July 4 is fast approaching, and with it the next round of TEA Parties. I'm happy to announce that I'm planning to speak live at the Washington, D.C., TEA Party and via video at the Birmingham, Alabama, TEA Party. I hope you'll join us! Click [...]
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  Posted: June 11, 2009, 11:49am EDT
  

• Why We Must Remember Ronald Reagan

  Granite Grok, one of my SamSphere colleague blogs, this morning posted a little essay of mine on why we need to keep Ronald Reagan's memory alive. I hope you find it valuable.' [...]
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  Posted: June 10, 2009, 8:47am EDT
  

• Deeds Wins

  At least one party is courting conservatives. While many Republicans continue to follow the MSM's (hardly disinterested) advice by rejecting conservative values (BTW, how's that working?), some Virginia Democrats are appealing to conservative voters by appearing more moderate than their national counterparts. The trend picked up a little more [...]
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  Posted: June 09, 2009, 8:50pm EDT
  

• MTNP Radio

  I'm going back on MTNP radio in New Hampshire this morning at 10:30 to talk about the Reagan legacy, my book, and a few other things. Click here for more details and instructions for connecting to the livestream.' [...]
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  Posted: June 06, 2009, 9:28am EDT
  

• Ronald Reagan's D-Day Speech, Part 1 of 2

  

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  Posted: June 06, 2009, 8:26am EDT
  

• Ronald Reagan's D-Day Speech, Part 2 of 2

  

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  Posted: June 06, 2009, 8:25am EDT