Guy Smith | March 30, 2009
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
– Thomas Jefferson
One can praise Mister Jefferson for a great many things. His insights into the mechanics of government and the evils therein should guide us in our modern age, especially where government and banking intersect. Establishing public schools as [...]
Guy Smith | March 25, 2009
Can’t say I wowed the crowd at Jekyll and Hyde’s last night in Edinburgh (a pub near Hanover and Queen Streets for people navigating the town). But open mic audiences late on a Tuesday night are hard to please, and belting out Texas blues/country fusion in Scotland might have been a miscalculation on my [...]
Guy Smith | March 24, 2009
There is a sturdy yet delicate essence to Edinburgh. Like much of Western Europe, there is exists the stability of ancient surroundings. One can sit in a cafe that occupies a sidewalk storefront in a building twice as old as America and across the street from a kilt vendor who has been in [...]
Guy Smith | March 22, 2009
T’is good to be back in Edinburgh.
Not enough can be said of this rather magical city. For those unfortunate enough not to have traveled through Scotland, it is hard not to understand why various Roberts and Bruce’s fought so hard to keep Scotland, why Jacobites rebelled and why ancient kings chose Edi as a [...]
Guy Smith | March 15, 2009
I have found validation of the old joke that San Francisco is Hollywood pretending to be Paris (or perhaps Paris Hilton).
The exhibit at right is certainly pleasing to the eye. Well, at least male eyes and the eyes of lesbians that prefer lipstick lez mates.
The caption and the girl’s outfit itself summarize San Francisco’s [...]
