Happy Birthday, USMC I raise a glass to the 228th year of the United States Marines. I now yield the floor to the Commandant: This year we ...

NBS: For the new blog showcase, I'll vote for Patriot Paradox - I Pray Daily. Am I an Extremist? as the political entry. For non-polit...

We Love You, Milt, But... The New York Times has an article today from Milt Bearden, CIA "quartermaster" to the Afghan mujahedeen...

Tyranny: At home, this time. In South Carolina, police with drawn guns stormed a high school and put the entire student body face-down in ...

Sic Semper Tyrannis One hears a lot about Coalition casualties in Iraq, especially since the onset of Ramadan . You would almost get the se...

Death to the Patriot Act: The Chicato Tribune ran an article today in defense of the Patriot act. Unintentionally, they provided quite suf...

Shame! A certain puppy blender should be ashamed of himself for this. A twinge in the gut is the mark of an effective pun, but this one is...

Ask a Question, Get an Answer: Two days ago I asked where we could send a check to help out the 80 year old man who defended himself from a ...

Where can we send a check? A mugger is driven off by an 80-year-old man with a .38 Special , and the cops prosecute--the old man. Lester Ca...

Psychology is Witchdoctory: Here's an article called "Rorschach Inkblot Test, Fortune Tellers, and Cold Reading" . I am alway...

Zell Miller for President: It's too much to hope for, alas for our nation. But if you want to know who he thinks should stand at the he...

Another Saddam-Qaeda Link: This one is particularly strange. According to CommonDreams , the Iraqi construction firm Sadoon Al-Bunnia is a...

A Protest of which I Approve: In Britian, it is High Noon , according to Samizdata.net: Thousands of people have gathered around England and...

What is The (Evil) Sage of Knoxville Up To on Hallow's Eve? I have conclusive proof that he is arranging field trips for slow moving, fo...

Improved Enemy Tactics in Afghanistan? Overnight a US Special Ops soldier was killed in a clash in Afghanistan . Earlier this week, of cour...

Torture: I do not cite FOXNews often--indeed, this may be the first time. I warn my lady readers against this video, but others should wat...

Like Hell! This line of thinking among our jurists must die the death. When a member of the US Supreme Court makes statements like these, ...

King & Country: I have a certain fondness for this suggestion from Bernard Lewis and James Woolsey : Iraq already has a constitution. It...

Oil & Gas Journal: An excellent article on infiltration techniques used by al Qaeda-linked militants appears today in the Oil & Gas ...

Artificial Intelligence: I'm amused to see that the Google banner above apparently thinks this is an anti-war site. I gather the post o...