A Ray of Hope in Palestine? One of the reasons I support the democracy project in the Middle East is the idea that most peoples (broadly spe...

Some Friday Reading: Steve Dillard, better known here as Feddie of the now-retired Southern Appeal, has a letter in the American Spectator ....

Zulu! So. What did you think? I'll start with this: does it make any difference that Hook was really a model soldier ? An excellent f...

"Peace" Rally in Portland: In the comments to a post by BlackFive's Uncle Jimbo , documenting an attack on an Army recruiting ...

Bumperstickers: Dr. Helen has a post on bumper stickers as personality tests. This reminds me of a story. I once drove my wife's truck...

New Links: Karrde has sent me his list of links, and I've re-re-fixed FbL's link to Project VALOUR-IT. With this newest set of link...

Howdy All, I thought I would share a picture of the family as, even in a virtual hall, it's nice to know who your 'speaking' wit...

Decreased Violence. Moral Progress? Division of Labour quotes from and links to a New Republic article (full article requires subscripti...

New Links: Note please that the websites for Soldiers Angels and Project VALOUR-IT have changed. The sidebar has been updated with the corr...

Charcoal-Grilled Steaks: Not just my menu from yesterday (plus Guinness, of course, given the holiday), but also the topic of a humorous art...

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...