Wars of the Roses at ASF The Alabama Shakespeare Festival has decided to show, all in one season, Shakespeare's plays dealing with the ...

Happy St. Patrick's Day: I've a post at BlackFive on the subject of an old song.

The Ides of March: Today was my grandfather's birthday. He's been gone for quite a while now, long enough that I'm not really s...

In Which Doc Russia Wonders if he is a Coward: I simply can't see it, but he seems concerned . As far as I can tell, Doc is a good man ...

The Elks in Montana: A longtime milblog reader wrote me to ask for some help getting the word out about a war memorial his Elks lodge is bui...

On Consciousness: The American Scholar has a piece in defiance of science . While I was sitting one night with a poet friend watching a gre...

The Beautiful Eighth: I'm starting to think the Eighth district down here in Georgia must be a fine place full of good people. My broth...

Movietime. Ok, its apparently my turn to pick a film. Although I think Joseph was angling for Conan the Barbarian , Conan is pretty much a ...

The Wild Bunch: A few weeks ago, I mentioned a new batch of horses: One of them in particular, named Sherlock, really does not like to have ...

Shadow Wolves in Afghanistan: You may have seen this story from the Australian , which notes that US Customs' band of Native American tr...

Wanna see your name in the Newspaper? If you're a reader of this blog, and a resident of Virginia, I'll bet you can find your name p...

Bravery, Bravado, and John Wayne: I was struck by this rant against bravado that arose in response to a piece in the NYT on barbecue joints...

Leather Care: Leather care is an important part of the outdoor life, although many good synthetics exist now that don't require much car...

Dalrymple on Neuroscience: The man begins a good piece , on a problem we've discussed here from time to time: I attended a fascinating c...

Pardon me, what did you say? I step out for the afternoon, and come back to find that DC's gun laws have been ruled unconstitutional , o...

Fun with Computers: If you're wondering why it's been a bit slow around here, there are two good reasons. One of them I'll save...

The End of Wars: We have seen the beginnings of wars in our lifetime. Would you like to see the end of one? Read this, then. (h/t John Don...

The Lone Pine: A piece you ought to read , from the Belmont Club.

Extremism in America: I have a post on the subject at Winds of Change .

Operation Imposing Law: A report from Baghdad by Omar Fadhil .