Cowboy Talk: The Washington Post recently published a piece asking for a little Cowboy talk on North Korea. Here is some .

The Boy Scouts in Iraq: Regular commenter Ron Fox added some information to the post on Spirit of America , below. I'd like to move it ...

The Limits of Duty to Country: In the comments to an earlier post on stoning (as to which, by the way, at least one of the women mentioned ...

Spirit of America Meets Gen. Mattis: It's been a while since I mentioned the charity Spirit of America , which takes civilian donations...

An Insult! Cassidy says that "Poetry isn't what it used to be." She is referring to this : If Ken Blackwell becomes Ohio...

I see this last Saturday was the 940th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings . (link with picture goodness). I note it because this is one t...

Two Endorsements: I won't actually be voting in any closely-run race this year, having moved to what turns out to be a very safe distric...

Heroes and Monsters: After an encouragement posted here some time ago, I decided to find a copy of Beowulf for reading. The first copy I fo...

"There is nothing on this Green Earth..." Ok, gents, you got my attention with that one. Army Strong (streaming video) Better tha...

Ya'at'eeh! I love a clever man, even one on the other side : Thirty illegal entrants were found in a vehicle that had been made up t...

...In Which Grim Defends Somebody: The Corner is right enough about the internet gambling bill. Hat tip, again, InstaPundit . What is the...

Kain-Tuck in Iraq: Our friends at Military.com have this story about Kentucky tankers in Iraq. When we bought the Kentucky land from the C...

Join the Resistance: The Geek has some thoughts, based on an National Review piece by Dave Kopel. "The Resistance," like the ge...

Say it Ain't So, Joe: Ethics violations at the BATF ? Who'd have ever suspected such a thing?

Pilsner & American Brew: An interesting book review disputes the history of American beer . As this is a topic of keen interest to many...

Bless Texas: Now this is a good news story . (Via InstaPundit .) Police said the 14-year old had gone home sick from school when the suspec...

Pillars of Government Week, II: Cassandra's second part, on the legislature, is here .

Pillars of Government Week, I: Cassandra of Villanious Company, who sometimes blogs here as well, has decided to take a whole week to respon...

The AP on the DPRK: Associated Press headlines are normally mildly anti-administration, but today's leading pair are the opposite. Cons...

Boom: I've been expecting a DPRK nuclear test for years -- guess it took them this long to get the tech right. There was no doubt they...