Welcome to Conservative Soldier

An old friend, and I mean really old, thought he would cheer me up by advising me to find a platform for “my voice”.

This was his nice way of saying that everything else I’ve tried in my adult life has either suffered from being trivial or failed, or both, not the least of which is a current Internet retail venture that is notable for how much money it has cost to launch and how little revenue it has generated to date.

My very old friend, I assume, is worried that, if I don’t hurry up, I will soon miss my “window of opportunity”, a.k.a., the period of adulthood prior to the onset of dementia and incontinence. Since his window is narrower than mine, I guess he may know something I do not.

I am a 40-something recovering print journalist, who has dabbled in various other “projects” as an independent contractor such as writing scripts for live television, ghost writing two really lame books for children about now-aging athletes, working as a magazine correspondent, freelance public relations and, ever so briefly, athlete management. And then there is the retail web site targeting affluent wine collectors. There are either too many entities selling premium wine online or not enough affluent wine consumers, or both.  

Since I do have fairly strong opinions about the sorry state of the world, liberals and ultra-liberals, airline employees, the suffocating march of political correctness and golf — in no particular order — and, as I do not find myself with a talk radio show, I’ve decided to start blogging. This is my second blog, for the record. The first (“www.hinsdalecellars.com/vintelligence) is alive and well and accessible by clicking here. This is a blog about my travels related to fine dining, wine and other related topics. I am planning to populate Conservative Soldier with selected posts from the Vintelligence blog, which may provide a glimpse of my kinder, gentler side. (Not my best side, for sure). 

The problem with a food, wine and travel blog is that it does not offer the latitude to let me go off on Hillary Clinton or Nancy Pelosi, and Lord knows I would rather clobber one of them than be overly critical of a restaurant sommelier who was a little slow with the corkscrew.

I debated for nearly one hour about what to call my new blog. My first choice was D.A.W.G., an acronym for Disgusted, Angry White Guys. (We are not in any way affiliated with mascots or fans of the University of Georgia, but any angry white guys who are also UGA alums are welcome to join the jubilee, such as it is).

But Conservative Soldier won the day because the numerous challenges we face require the convictions of a true conservative and the discipline of a warrior. 

Welcome to a small corner of the universe where clear thought, unabridged malice toward stupidity, and intolerance of hypocrisy and deception can thrive, and where shelter awaits fellow Conservative Soldiers (and DAWGs) of all ages.