Rivers of Blood: The incomparable Roger Scruton has a review of an old speech. The year was 1968, and a British politician stood up to warn...

"When Peace Comes" Today is a day for reflection on how to make America secure. The best way -- perhaps the only way -- is to mak...

Two 9/11 Links: Here are two interesting links from Southeast Asia, both of which treat 9/11 as a major issue. It shows the degree to which...

9/11: As is usual at Grim's Hall, a repost of "Enid & Geraint." It is a poem that I wrote on the original 9/11, in the a...

The Wild Again: I will be on one of my regular excursions into the wilderness, from this afternoon until Monday. I'm heading out now, s...

Going Dark: Following the Geek , this blog is going dark to protest the blackout of speech led by McCain, and Feingold. This travesty is a ...

Thailand: InstaPundit notes the problems in Thailand , and asks: Sounds like ethnic cleansing by terror. Why isn't the UN protesting? If...

Bladesmanship: Cam Edwards apparently had a program recently that treated the dangers of knife-fighters for firearms owners, which is summar...

Speaking of Older Matters: While looking back for those older posts, I came across my first post on "Fitzmas." I wrote: Indictme...

Thanks to the Grand Old Party: Mark Noonan of GOP Bloggers wrote to ask me to guest blog over there. I had to decline, of course, because ...

The Smell of Death: I have posted a philosophical piece at Winds of Change . It may be of interest to some of you. It's rather long, t...

We've a new "flex-time" option at work... so I decided to head out on Friday, and take care of some things at the University o...

Russ Vaughn Sends: Russ has a piece for you calling defense contractors to charity . It's worth some attention. I don't know to wh...

On the Death of the Crocodile Hunter: I saw (via InstaPundit ) that the "Crocodile Hunter," whom I learned was really named Steve ...

Podcast with Abizaid: The Saint Petersburg Times has an audio interview with CDRUSCENTCOM General John Abizaid. You can download it, or lis...

Terror House II: The actual description of Geek with a .45's trip to Hungary's Terror House is posted. You can, and you should, rea...

Terror House: The Geek w/ A .45's series on his trip to Budapest takes a turn from the celebratory to the horrific. All the same, this...

Strange Story: I discovered sometime last week that a pair of journalists (FOX News) had been missing and presumed captive in Palestine. Thi...

"Ah, the City of Cathedrals" Geek with a .45 is just back from Budapest . Don't miss his writeup on the statuary of the city,...

The Long War: A West Point Major and myself discuss it here .