Just What Is Going On Over There? Captain's Quarters wonders after the recent arrest of Bryan Doyle . Specifically, they wonder how it ...

For What It's Worth: Not to get in between Mark Steyn and John Derbyshire , but... where I come from, it's pronounced "p'K...

Lies: The famous historian Howard Zinn (hat tip Arts & Letters Daily ) demonstrates why the Left will never capture America's heart...

Things You Learn Reading Comments: At Dr. Helen's place, on this occasion. I see that comment #14 is one of some interest to us here ...

Death to Trojans: I have just spent the last eight hours un-wrecking my computer from an encounter with a particularly well-designed piece o...

Tartan Day: Welcome to Tartan Day, 2006! We celebrate this annually at Grim's Hall, although I have been too busy to get myself on the ...

V.S. Naipaul: He is interviewed in Literary Review , hat tip to Arts & Letters Daily . I have a (very) slight connection to the great I...

Songs of Freedom: I was listening to some old songs tonight. Songs like this one : Daniel Boone was a man, Yes, a big man! With an eye like...

A Great Opening, A Serious Problem: "Jack Dunphy" has an article today in National Review Online . It begins : Are you looking fo...

US To Ship Illegal Immigrants Back Home: To China . Mexican immigrants are still a hot topic, but Chertoff got an agreement to send every s...

OOH-RAH! Any song that sings the praises of Zell Miller is all right with me. I wonder if he ever thought he'd live to be idolized by ...

A Cowboy Story: On the way home from the District of Columbia tonight, I ran into a massive thunderstorm out Manassas way. I cut off the hi...

GOOD FOREIGN POLICY LESSON FROM THE ALAMO. There are many good lessons and wise observations in John Wayne’s The Alamo. However, there is on...

Grim's Hall Movie Club: The Alamo Since we've all watched it, I won't post a review at length. There are a couple of things I...

The Last Straw: I'm a pretty patient and understanding fellow, really. I try to live by the injunction against juding others' sins ...

The Winchester: Kim du Toit has a piece on the closure of the Winchester plant , and the end of an American era. It is an ode to one of the...

"Just a Victim of Being in Congress" Can we all agree that, once you get yourself elected to a Constitutional office in the Federa...

A Fair Fight: We've all read numerous pieces about the anti-male nature of modern American legal society and education. I think the pro...

You Go, Cynthia -- And For God's Sake, Don't Come Back: You know, there are days when I almost sympathize with Massachusetts : Accor...

But What's It A Model Of? Negotiations are ongoing between the government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Mor...