Smart, but Imaginative? An article in the Atlantic Monthly about G.W. Bush. It holds that he's "focused, quick to make decisions, ...

Capitalism: Came across a blog I haven't read before. I was drawn by the name, "Arms and the Man," which is both a tradition...

"Is this organic?" "Probably not." An article on Scottish food. If you haven't had haggis, you ought; if you haven...

Al Qaeda: Well, our old friends turn up in the oddest places. I began wondering if al Qaeda was behind the Najaf bombing last night, after ...

Prominent Iraqi Clergy: The Kansas City Star has a who's who of Iraq's surviving religious leadership. They note that al-Sadr was ...

More on Najaf: The extent of the destruction at Najaf is far, far worse than originally reported. For Shi'ites in Iraq, this may well b...

Paganism in Schools: Have you seen this statue of Athena in a public park in Nashville, TN? The author of the piece pointing out demands t...

Murdering Clerics, II: Terror bombings are not usually an effective way to fight a war. The bombing this morning in Najaf, though was a bad...

Bring them on: President Bush said this on July 7th. While back-reading for something, I find that I said it on March 29th, in the course ...

From the Texas Mercury : The Texas Mercury has published some of my poetry in the past, but like the wild El Paso of song, it's a prett...

Links: If you read down the sidebar, just below the quote from the Old Lay of Sigurd, you'll see I've begun a links section. My cur...

Sovay McKnight: Sovay of the Liberal Conspiracy says that a number of you have dropped by to visit her site, but haven't written her. ...

Afghanistan Update: Afghanistan remains in the news. I'm told by a friend in France that the newspapers there are playing heavily on Af...

More on Communists: Over at InstaPundit .

More on a Pious Fraud: Having argued, with Jefferson, that the Ten Commandments are not properly described as the foundation of our Republic...

A Leftwing Conspiracy: Yesterday's post about the damned Communists has produced concerns that this page supports a certain psychotic wo...

Taliban in Zabul: The Asia Times finds the Taliban in Zabul province, Afghanistan: The significant increase in the number and nature of att...

Staying Power: So we've been hearing for a while from very many sources, including no less a correspondant than Osama bin Laden , that t...

Southern Appeal: I've just found Southern Appeal , which claims to be "the random musings of a Southern Federalist." I have a...

Jefferson on the Decalogue: A friend I hold in much esteem pointed out to me today that Jefferson himself had spoken to the issue currently ...