The Department of Nonviolence & Peace: We had a discussion recently that touched on the philosophy of nonviolence. Tigerhawk wonders fu...

Meeting the Wounded: Fuzzybear Lioness talks about the jolt of working with the wounded , and fearing she is not worthy of the sacrifice the...

Backroad Pictures: InstaPundit today links to a nice back road Tennessee picture. We can do good pictures from backcountry Georgia. They...

Heroes: The subject of heroes has come up at two blogs I visit regularly. Some of the questions raised are provocative: Why are certain ki...

On Suits: Arts & Letters Daily answers a question that has bothered me for decades: where did we ever get the idea that the suit was t...

Righting an old Wrong: I had not been aware that 15 April was the official day for members of the Jewish faith to remember the Holocaust. I...

Bill Whittle: He's written another long essay, and as always, it merits your attention. This essay is on reason, and conspiracy : My fa...

There is a Beauty in Being a Feminist Voice... ...as Germaine Greer certainly is. That beauty is that you can write a review that says, ...

Some Great Reading: BlackFive has a story about two good young men living the fantasy of every Marine . Ooh-rah, Lance Corporals. Karrde, w...

No Riding Today: Today my saddle busted a fender; and one of our electrical fences suffered a rather astonishing failure occasioned by two y...

Forgiveness: I had a post at BlackFive responding to a lady blogger from the sinister side of the blogosphere. She had given us a backhand...

Happy Tartan Day: Absinthe & Cookies once again hosts the "Gathering of the Blogs." Today is Tartan Day , a day established ...

Civilization & the Time Traveler: Eric Blair -- who is either a supervillain or a camel-like space alien , but who has apparently excel...

A Cheer for the BSA: It's hard to imagine any case in which I'd side against the Boy Scouts of America, who must be the finest youth...

"The Pirate Queen" Any readers in NYC who might enjoy a Broadway show are invited to let me know if this is any good. I can'...

American Heroes: The DOD is doing something very sharp: giving us heroes. That is, it's taking the time to introduce us to them: Army...

Huh? Florida commits suicide , or at least you'd think so, by inviting almost all felons to vote in her elections. That strikes me as m...

A Texas Spring: Miss Ladybug sends a post on Texas Bluebonnets , the colorful flowers that mark the arrival of spring. She includes photos ...

Surge Sign: I don't do day to day news roundups, for the obvious reason that there are a lot of places that have the money and manpower ...

Pelosi & the Headscarf: I apparently have misjudged something Speaker Pelosi did. This morning I complained about her choosing to wear ...