Beauty & Misogyny I've been thinking about this ever since I read Cassandra's post on the topic. I had decided not to say anyt...

Paul Hackett for Congress: I don't know if I have a single reader in Ohio, let alone in this district, but for what it's worth Grim...

Let’s fisk this thing properly ok? THE United States now has a mercenary army. To be sure, our soldiers are hired from within the citizenry,...

Mr. Karrde: I should like to draw your attention to a couple of posts at Mr. Karrde's blog, especially this one on introducing a new sh...

"Mercenaries," Again: Bill Roggio asked me to reply to "The Best Army We Can Buy" by Dr. David M. Kennedy. I have done...

SB 397: The Senate Bill entitled Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms is up for a vote this week. Opponents, unable to beat it on the mer...

"World's Top Terrorist Hunter" Did you know there was a "World's Top Terrorist Hunter"? Did you know he was Fren...

Texas Rangers: This month's "Special edition" of Arabian Horse World contains an article on a movement that I think is wholly...

Fire & Iron: Summer is upon us, with all her unmercies. The heat today was nearly a hundred degrees. The heat index, which factors the...

The Liberal Conspiracy: Our old friend Sovay has returned to blogging after several months' absence. Her first post in a long time dea...

Moving Violations: You will notice that I rarely post about 'outrages of the day,' although such things make up a lot of the traffic...

Cave Ab Homine Unius Libri And here is mine. Not the Bible nor the Havamal , nor the Koran nor the Lord of the Rings . If you asked me fo...

Count Me Opposed: ...to anything that the D.C. government is in favor of, but especially this business of putting cameras everywhere. The ...

A New Rifle: As some of you (well, probably only the hardcore gunfighters) will know, Smith & Wesson this year announced an end to the p...

Comments on Today's News: On the British Police shooting dead a suspected bomber -- Good job, too. One can get pretty much the same amo...

Beer: I learned reading The Independent today that Corona has failed in its attempt to do something really dumb: Eurocermex, European distr...

Scotty: I haven't seen an episode of Star Trek in many years, but it used to run as late-night TV back when I was young enough to still ...

Foreign Names: An aside inspired by "the Sheik Marine's" comments below. It happens that I also have a foreign name: a Chine...

The Sheik Marine: Captain Leggett of Southern Appeal has posted some photographs of himself, attired in a tribal headdress that was given t...

"The War of Spells" My favorite article so far to arise from the disruptions in the Philippines is this one . It describes the ev...