One of our Own: Bravery Needs No Translation .

Bad Eagle: Bad Eagle has some thoughts on empire, including a picture of Sherman's grave. May he... well, I am from Georgia, after all...

Hallelujah: May it always be thus : Elsewhere in Baghdad, individuals inside a white Opel fired small arms at ICDC personnel at the Al-Amil ...

On War: It is time to speak seriously about war. I am brought to the topic by Kos , who approves of a line being taken by Howard Dean on the...

Primaries: I have posted on occasion about the upcoming political race, although it is only now heating up enough to be worth a lot of atten...

Changes: I am making some cosmetic changes to the site, mostly in terms of color scheme. More will follow, most likely. UPDATE: Still to c...

NBS: This week I'm voting for The War Journal for political entry. The link appears to be messed up, so if you go, you'll have to ...

Great Lines: BBC Radio 4 has given us one of the great lines of political history : It was trailed as a "unique chance to rewrite the l...

To the Queen: I may be the only American citizen who led a toast to the Queen of England last night. It was the third, and last, of our Ne...

A Bet: I have placed a friendly wager with a young liberal of my association on the outcome of the upcoming Presidential election. I am off...

Holiday Message: Holiday Message from the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff : HOLIDAY GREETING 2003 For generations, US Service men and women...

Johnny Cash: Without doubt, the greatest American artist to die this year was Johnny Cash. Here find a moving elegy to him, "Johnny of...

FBI: The FBI has released an unclassified, but redacted, version of its audit on intelligence sharing with other counterterrorist agencies ...

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...