Today Is Mark Kilmer’s Birthday. This Open Thread is For Him.

    On February 5, 2009, we lost our dear friend Mark Kilmer. While he is gone, he is not forgotten. We miss him. Were he here today, his birthday, he would no doubt at all put this in an open thread. And so we do.

    If Mark Kilmer Were Here, Mark Seibel Would Have A Lot To Answer For Regarding Blackwater

    Today we need to remember the greatest of Mark Kilmer. Back on February 20, 2007, Mark wrote a post entitled “A Baghdad fairy tale from McClatchey?” In the post, Mark pointed out a variety of anonymous bloggers used by McClatchy to smear the Iraq War and George W. Bush. It has been an ongoing thing with McClatchy. That particular news service has provided some of | Read More »

    Honoring Mark Kilmer

    After the sad news of Mark Kilmer’s untimely passing reached Redstate on Thursday, we started to think of how we as a community would honor his memory. Two ideas were the American Cancer Society and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. After some deliberation and consultation with Mark’s widow, we decided to celebrate how Mark lived and solicit donations to the Reagan Foundation. We know times | Read More »

    Honoring Mark Kilmer

    After the sad news of Mark Kilmer’s untimely passing reached Redstate on Thursday, we started to think of how we as a community would honor his memory. Two ideas were the American Cancer Society and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. After some deliberation and consultation with Mark’s widow, we decided to celebrate how Mark lived and solicit donations to the Reagan Foundation. We know times | Read More »

    The Sunday Morning Talk Shows: The Reviewer

    For four years our friend Mark Kilmer has brought us the best reviews of the Sunday Shows. Today we stop to remember him, our faithful friend and fellow soldier in the fight for freedom. The memorial service for Mark will be Monday the 9th, 6-8pm, at Mauk & Yates Funeral Home, 719 North 4th Avenue, Altoona PA. —————————————— “Blessed are they that mourn: for they | Read More »

    Mark Kilmer Headed Home

    It was about four years ago that the Directors of RedState were lamenting the loss of a column at National Review Online that chronicled the weekly exploits of the politicos on the Sunday talk shows. We wanted someone to write a weekly round up — 1 man and 5 shows. We turned to my friend Mark Kilmer. As the internet goes, Mark and I have | Read More »