"Choosers of the Slain" A poem, by a young lady who has reason to know. Choosers of the Slain Wagner got it wrong, you know. There...

Some Posts at BlackFive: Sorry I haven't been around much this week. I did make a few posts at BlackFive, which may interest some of yo...

I'd pay cash money to see something like this on the US Senate floor. MONTGOMERY, AL -- State Sen. Charles Bishop hit Sen. Lowell Barron...

A Heroine: Would you like to meet a lady who did more good than most people can imagine? Meet Irena Sendler . The attention tires Irena Sen...

"Tempting Fate" That's the title of a new post by Cassandra . For some reason she rejected my suggested title, "Grim was...

My Rifle, My Pony, and Me: Well, really just me and a pony who isn't even mine -- his name is Leo. Leo's a gelding, not yet fully gr...

I'm in the Wrong Racket: First there was the CMU ethics survey; and now this . The issue of whether the toilet seat should be left up or...

Sunday Ethics: Via InstaPundit , I found this ethical survey from Carnegie Mellon University. I'm not terribly interested in their res...

Sushi and Samurai: The tale of sushi begins most interestingly, in this piece from Vanity Fair : It looks like a samurai sword, and it's...

In Memory of a Local Soldier: Miss Ladybug celebrates the life of a lieutenant who was her neighbor. He was a cavalryman by the name of Ki...

A Modified Kindergarten Ethic: From the Assistant Village Idiot , a helpful suggestion for upgrading Everything I Need to Know I Learned in ...

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...