The Feast of Stephen: Another holiday tradition, this one not even two hundred years old, is the song "Good King Wenceslas": Good ...

Another Christmas Poem: This one from Blackfive .

Waes Hael! If you missed it yesterday, a Yuletide tradition explained. Waes Hael! Drinc Hael! Merry Christmas, and a fine Yuletide to you...

And Since We're Doing King Alfred: From The Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton: Then Alfred laughed out suddenly, Like thun...

A Christmas Poem: "The Knight Before Christmas" by Robert L. Sheridan (which I assume he won't mind me sharing, since he poste...

Another: Another offers Christmas greetings--an Iraqi : You see, Jesus (Issa in our language), is not only important to Christians, he (PBU)...

The Pope: If you would like to read his homily, you can do so on the Vatican's official site . The closing verse includes this, which s...

Reuters: Reuters is a famously biased news service. Tonight's example is from the Pope's Midnight Mass at the Vatican: "You c...

Waes Hael! We have been enjoying the Yuletide, but for many of us, the only real days of rest are Christmas itself, and perhaps the day afte...

Mujahid-Dean: From the glorious Allahpundit .

Oof! From The Command Post , which I finally got around to adding to my blogroll: Part of discussion over Iraq between U.S. Ambassador in Eg...

Help He Could Do Without: A publication has stepped forward to defend Howard Dean from the attacks of the "mainstream" press . I...

Change of Command: USCENTCOM has appointed a new ground commander in Afghaninstan, Lt. General David Barno . Barno, who was inducted into t...

NBS: For political, this week, "The Politics of the Lord of the Rings " . For non-political, this piece .

Speaking of International Law: It's worth recognizing that there is more than one Law on offer : Members of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, wh...

Some Misconceptions: I think it's about time that we pointed out a few problems with the prevailing theory of international law. Consid...

"Mr. Dean: Beyond the Mainstream": I have never particularly liked the way that the top four or five US newspapers take it upon t...

One-Two, After All: No news on whether the Atta memo is genuine or not, although it looks fuzzy. However, there is news on Saddam's ter...

A One-Two Punch? The Iraqi Governing Council has apparently chosen today to release a statement that they have uncovered proof that 9/11 att...

Outstanding! Saddam Hussein Captured by 4th ID and USSOCOM ! And in Tikrit, too. I'll be taking that shipment of Italian wine, McKnigh...