Changes in the Wind: Wretchard has a warning and a prophecy. The foliage, sounds, the shift in airs, scents -- all of these -- spoke to the...

Bumper Stickers: Here's one I saw driving around northern Virginia the other day. Germans Supported Their Troops, Too. Good Germans sup...

Indonesia & Iran: A couple of updates on the developing situation there: From the Voice of America , and... From The Australian . It...

A Good One: Joatmoaf responds to a Cassidy post with one of the best jokes I've heard in ages: Moishe Reads an Arab Newspaper A Jewish ...

More on Databases: Kim du Toit has an excellent post on how massive databases are developed and used. I hadn't realized he was such an...

Mowing: A Modest Proposal Here's an idea I have to reduce American reliance on oil, reduce air polution, reduce noise polution, and gen...

Some Good Stuff on the Internets Today: Froggy, posting at BlackFive, has a series of posts on the new NSA leaks ( here , especially here , ...

"Brokeback Jihadi" Uncle Jimbo's latest web-TV appearance conveys the story of... er... well... it conveys a story of young A...

Guns & Testosterone, II: Doc has a good post up on the problems with studies of this type. He explains some of the problems with the ...

Memorials: Cassidy has two strong posts today, remembering the fallen and scorning those who dishonor them . Russ Vaughn mails a link to h...

Soldiers Angels Request: Patti at SA sends. You are receiving this email, because I have heard from many deployed troops this week, everyone...

Guns & Testosterone: Via FbL at the Castle , a New York Times story on evidence that handling guns raises testosterone levels in men. ...

A Less Well-Considered Statement: Not every statement hits the high notes. Unlike the Iranians, Hizb-ut Tahrir didn't manage quite the...

The Letter: The English translation of Iran's letter to the United States proves to be an astonishing and remarkable document. It is a...

POW-MIA: Greyhawk points to an article from the Boston Globe against the POW-MIA flag . Hawk notes that the article attempts to paint the...

CENTCOM Sends: Sgt. Gehlen has another message he'd like to bring to your attention. CENTCOM has released new translations from capture...

Cooking Out: The last few days I've been eating elk steaks. No, sadly, I didn't find time to go hunting out West. I got a whole bu...

"Crossing America II" Finished: If any of you were interested, Kim du Toit has posted the results for his Crossing America II game...

Proverbs 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. To me, the best meaning of t...

Life & Death: I returned to Shenandoah National Park today. Bruce Dearborn Walker wanted to know if last week's missing hiker was...