Home Once More: I returned late last night, from the trip to Indiana. This morning, I had a teleconference with David Kilcullen and others...

Hitchens, and the debate that could have been: It was noted recently in the Hall that when Christopher Hitchens took part in a debate about ...

The Journey to the Arvel : I will be away this week, attending to family matters. This is the first funeral I will have seen from my wife...

An Older but still Excellent Piece: Linked to today by InstaPundit was a piece on why government does not solve , and often makes worse, ev...

Operation Kudzu: Former Special Forces blogger BloodSpite has a suggestion for those concerned about immigration , as well as a parable. Th...

A Death in the Family: My wife's father is dead, having passed away in a peaceful sleep while sitting in his favorite chair. I have men...

Three Good, Part III: The last article is from Noel, authored by Harvey Mansfield, and titled "The Founders' Honor." It atte...

Three Good, Part II: The second piece is by Christina Hoff Summers. It is called, "The Subjection of Islamic Women and the fecklessnes...

Three Good Pieces, Part One: Two via Arts & Letters Daily , and one via our friend Noel of Sharp Knife and Cold Fury . I'll post e...

Of Course They're Terrorists: I steadfastly oppose using laws passed to address terrorism to prosecute crimes of other sorts. Terrorism...

Hitchens/Sharpton: Ouch. Hitchens seriously outclassed Sharpton. I think the fault is Sharpton's for not being up to his standard. I...

The Media Are Fools: A great truth -- the global media has simply refused to stop and consider the question of whether they are being used b...

Getting Older: Today I settled down to clean out my safe, the bottom shelf of which had become clogged with loose ammunition. After returni...

The South & Hate Crimes, Updated & Revised: Deep Thought has updated his famous piece on the South and hate crimes , in the wake of ...

On Kung Fu: I once had a professor, back in my days as a philosophy student, who asked me how anyone could claim both to be a Buddhist, and ...

Racehorse: We haven't had any horse stories here in a while. We got a new horse in yesterday, a beautiful fleabitten grey Thoroughbred ...

Keep His Head Up, Son: I guess the Palestinians have a lot of troubles. I can't do anything about those Israelis, but the donkey proble...

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: I know the Washington Times isn't always fair, but... surely this is a joke ? "Dems: Use intelligence fund...

A Crime that Tried to Happen: Blogger Machine Dreamer , a disabled gentleman, had a home invasion. The robber came knowing he was visibly h...

The Dix Plot: I have to admit that, this time, Wonkette hits the tone just right : Ok. So, the plot was: six dudes from New Jersey buy some ...