Theodore Roosevelt on Boyhood: There is more to that piece from Theodore Roosevelt quoted below, in the post on sportsmanship. It makes for...

"Is it possible for the Democrats to nominate a bigger assclown?" -Tom Maguire, of Just One Minute , having a Lo-Pan moment. Now t...

A Sandwich: Janne88 writes to refer us to a recipe that ought to make you hungry, just looking at it. I don't think I have any Tabasco ...

The Community of Saints: The Belmont Club joins our old friend Baldilocks in exploring the concept of the communio sanctorum : The Communi...

Sportsmanship: From Sly, this beautiful tale of the joyous spirit of the game : And then the senior did something she had never done before ...

Two Men of History: First, via Kim du Toit , a genuine British adventurer. A tall man, handsome and weather-beaten, wipes the blood of a gia...

Another Whiner On the South: Sweet Mercy. Is this what it has come to? This thought, which has been recurring to me regularly over the year...

New Guinea Iceland: An interesting piece from The New Yorker about the rules of honor in New Guinea's "payback culture." Th...

Memento Mori : My sister recommended this gallery of the dead . The photos came from a hospice, and were taken in pairs: one before, and o...

The King Who Sleeps: In our talk about England and Saint George , Joel wrote: A nation that will so publicly sacrifice their heroes and lege...

2 + 2 = Blue Pizza hut fires a deliveryman for defending himself from armed robbery. Turns out, they don't like that he was carrying a...

The Danes Weigh In: ...and once again, we see that beer points the way to wisdom .

Maintaining Our Pron Rating: Since we remain banned at Camp Victory as a pornography site, I feel obligated to maintain our status. Natura...

St. George for Merry England! Gateway Pundit warns us that England has canceled the St. George's Day Parade , which would have featured ...

April 21, 1836 General Sam Houston led 800 Texans against 1400 Mexicans. In the 15-20 minute battle the Texans killed 630, wounded 200, and ...

La Posta di Falcone : If any of you saw Kingdom of Heaven , a movie I disliked the first time I saw it, but like better on each subsequent v...

The Moral: My father sends: The teacher gave her fifth grade class an assignment: Get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the...

Sometimes, Even Before: H/t: Euphoric Reality .

Back Again, Mike? Looks like old-time Milblogger Mike the Marine is back out Anbar way. He and I appear to have almost overlapped in Iraq,...

Greyhawk at Home: Hawk is home again, from recent wanderings. He has some thoughts , in his usual form. I've met a few milbloggers, bu...