For Einar Tambarskelver: This evening my son asked me to read to him about a bowman, and so I took down my copy of the Heimskringla , and re...

The Army on Global Warming: Dr. Bruce West, a chief scientist with the Mathematical and Information Science Directorate with the Army Resear...

The Prophet Claim: Visual Aids I won't include the famous "dare we say it?" one of Obama as Jesus rising from the water, with...

On Clint Eastwood: To be read with yesterday's post, also on cinema, this interview : Sergio Leone, who directed Eastwood in his breakth...

A Confession: This kind of thing is really starting to bother me. Many spiritually advanced people I know (not coweringly religious, mind y...

"Daughter of Dawn" It's been a while since we looked in on Bad Eagle. Dr. David Yeagley, proudly of the Commanche Nation, was...

Shattered Sword. To day is June 5. 66 years ago today, the battle of Midway had its most crucial 10 minutes: Between 10:20 and 10:30, Dauntl...

Don't piss off the boss . WASHINGTON, June 5, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today announced the resignations of Air Force Sec...

Black Swans: An interview with Nassim Nicholas Taleb , at The Times of London. He is one of those deeply eccentric people who demonstrates...

Fort Greyhawk: I've been out of town for a few days, enjoying the gracious -- indeed, the extravagant -- hospitality of Mr. & Mrs. G...

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 ...