A Trucker's Poem: In reference to this story , another. My father once told me of a trucker my grandfather knew at his service station,...

The "Crime Teams" Story: So there's this story from the AP: A violent crime spike in four cities led the Justice Department o...

Blogger Roundtable: Iraqi Kurdistan My post on the call is now up .

" Tramp Stamp " Heh. Actually, my term for this is "fashion victim". It seems that the Marine Corps agrees somewhat . (v...

Ok, they're all there now: WASHINGTON, May 30, 2007 – The fifth and final brigade of the troop surge has arrived in Baghdad and should b...

PSA: This should be kind of obvious, but: New Scam Targets Military Spouses "The scam involves a person with an American accent calling...

Price less : 1,200 additional Category I (CAT I) Mine Resistance Ambush Protected (MRAP) Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) vehicles: $623 ...

Gone Camping: I am headed to Fort Mountain for the evening. I should be back tomorrow. I was on the DOD's "Blogger Roundup" c...

Blood & Folk: Concerning whether a new tribalism is possible, this item : Rules 'hiding' trillions in debt Liability $516,348 pe...

Kinship and Fighting Bonds: Daniel and I have embarked, below, on a discussion that requires some background information. Many Americans to...

Ejectia! Bill Whittle wants to build a new Athens (don't forget to read part two as well). The idea is of an online city-state for tho...

Flags replaced with swastikas in Washington State. In the words of Hank Williams Jr, I'd like to catch those bastards with my .45. I hop...

Goodbye, Lady: Once, a long time ago, I wrote the only thing I've ever written about Cindy Sheehan : Cindy Sheehan is a grieving mother....

Memorial Day: Happy Memorial Day. I hesistate to link to any of the great posts around the internet today, for fear of accidentally missing...

The Feast of Pentecost: Today is Pentecost in the traditional calendar, a feast that celebrates the fiftieth day after Jesus' resurrect...

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...