A Toast: On the occasion of the first anniversary of losing one of our own . I never met him either, but those of you who recognize the nam...

You Say That Like It's A Bad Thing: The Commissar is deeply amused by a recent U. Washington resolution: IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSOCIATED...

The Lion-hearted Men of the US Cavalry: Cavalry Scout posted something I saw first when JHD sent it to me: an open letter to the 3rd ACR: ...

Cowboy Fast-Draw: There's no doubt at all that the old fast-draw movies were a Hollywood, rather than a Western, fixture. Fighting men ...

SciFi: I took the SciFi Crew Quiz . I split between Serenity and Cowboy Bebop, at 94% each.

Bat Masterson Speaks: I haven't really had time to read up on the Dick Cheney story, although I expect the Commissar is correct about t...

A Letter to the Left: Readers of Opinion Journal's Best of the Web know that author James Taranto has a long-running joke by which he r...

Military History, Street Level: JHD sends a link to a Gunny's book about his part of the war in Iraq. Street Fight in Iraq is written...

A Bit of Snow: We had a bit of snow over the weekend: One of the hazards of hanging out with an artist is that she will be overcome with the...

What a Shot: I think I once related the time I attended a Tactical match near Ballground, Georgia, and watched an old gentleman shoot. He w...

The Other War: A few notes on a topic that interests me, though we don't much cover it here: Border Violence Alarms Chertoff . "Th...

Holly's Book: I knew that Holly Aho was a wonderful person, because of the work she does on behalf of our servicemen. Still, a wonderfu...

The plot thins ... ( via KJ ) On Wednesday, the Army said Rebrook would not have been asked to pay the money if he had filled out two requir...

"Self-Regulation": One is never surprised to find the EU on the side of "regulation," and so, one is not surprised : The...

Don't Mention the War: This is going to be hard to explain to supporters of Free Expression. GERMAN cops will use sweeping powers to co...

Some time ago, Grim kindly offered to allow me to opine here from time to time but due to work demands and my decision to reopen VC, I had n...

AMERICAblog & Body Armor: The folks over at AMERICAblog have reported on a case which ought to be of real concern, if the facts are as ...

Goodnight, Ma'am: I finally found a proper eulogy for Virginia Puller , wife and widow of Lt. Gen. "Chesty" Puller . Thanks t...

The Western Way of Religious Criticism Mark Steyn recently contrasted NBC's stance on Christian and Muslim sensitivities: Thus, NBC is ...

Knights of the White Cross: The Commissar thought he was being ironic. Here now is the latest of the pro-Denmark images, a cause I am boun...