I just know Grim's going to like this: "US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has announced his resignation from the controversial ...

The 3/6ths Compromise: Oh, my . At the beginning of our great country’s history my ancestors were counted as only 2/3 of a person. Until pa...

Followup on Masculinity: Professor Althouse wrote about this : That's the last sentence of his essay! Come on, Ezra! Real men don't ...

Masculinity and Martial Courage: Ezra Klein is disturbed by talk that Jim Webb might serve as Obama's VP. I've been sort of struggl...

On James Baker III: Here we see that Kim du Toit has a minor rant (by his standards) on the subject. Of course, the youthful pundit was bor...

Rashomon . “There’s a lot of people with a lot of different perspectives,” Prosecutor David Gibbons said. “It’s difficult to say what caused...

No Way: This must be stopped . The courts martial are one thing, but the MEJA is something else. It was passed in 2000, before the war beg...

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Economics: Presidential Campaign Ads Each of the three candidates has put out an ad on the subject of economics. Let's look at them. S...

A "Unity Ticket"? Jonah Goldberg at The National Review has proposed something that I've been wondering about myself -- and ...

Checking the Box: If we're doing "FARK in Space" stories today, I believe our mandate requires us to link this one .

" This is what humans do ." Yup. Time on target, at 280 million miles. If you don't look at this with wonder, you're basic...

Memorial Day: Our newest addition at BlackFive has a poem for you . He didn't mention where he came by it; maybe he wrote it himself. ...

Character: Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North, Ret., picked up this hat once and told me it had seen better days. It was in much better shape ...

Horses and Jackasses: I fail to see what is wrong with this student's behavior : Brad Walker saves $25 a week riding his horse Pumpkin t...

This here , is what you call a Freudian slip . "My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary s...

An Update from Confederate Yankee on Soldier Harrassment: Bob Owens, known as "Confederate Yankee" in the blogosphere, has run dow...

One Hundred Years of Jimmy Stewart: Last week we watched Angel and the Badman (and how did you like it?), and probably all of you know that...

Thank You, Senator: A little bit of wisdom. This was the Democratic Party that I grew up in – a party that was unhesitatingly and proudly pr...

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