Homer: The Claremont Institute reviews a book on Homer , remarking that Alcibiades once slapped a grammar school teacher for not having a co...

Updates: I've added the Whited Sepulchre to the blog roll, at its author's request; and while I was doing that, fixed several old an...

Cost of Government Day: The Whited Sepulchre celebrates "Cost of Government Day," the day when you've finally paid off what y...

Anti-Declinism: This article makes some very good points against what has become a sort-of 'conventional wisdom' that the US is in ...

Interests in Iran: This report is interesting -- let us pay attention to how it develops.

Cut it Out: I've made this same mistake myself in conversation, and I'm rather younger than either Senators Nunn or McCain. Czecho...

SECDEF Gates & DOS/USAID: Secretary Gates reiterates the point that LTG Chiarelli was making. "America's civilian institutio...

To Galway Girls: Any good man has given his heart to one or two of you. "And I ask you, friend: what's a fellow to do? 'Caus...

Friends Like These: This is the number one story on Memeorandum today. I would like to say -- it would suit my temperment -- that this stor...

The Democratic Party Gets A Bit Healthier: Or, meet the Green Party's nominee .

The Hound of the Hall: I mentioned a while ago that the 20th of June is a major celebration around here, for various reasons. This year, my...

Freedom At Work: Cassandra is doing ethics today. I love ethics -- it is one of the most interesting branches of philosophy. Studying it,...

Heroism in Hollywood: James Bowman has penned a confused critique of Hollywood that nevertheless contains a large kernel of truth: Hollywo...

Buns & Guns: I'm not sure I think much of this Lebanon concept restaurant , except for one thing: I have to admit that the sandbagg...

The Graves Act: I kind of understand this story , except for this part: Now, the simple unlawful possession of any firearm can bring mandato...

The Great Backlash Begins: We all knew the day would come. Probably the fellow did just what I saw a guy do at a bar in Charlotte, NC once. ...

"Public" Online Space: There was an interesting article on Yahoo/Flickr today, which touches on a topic that interests me. To wh...

The Ten Second Problem: I have a post at Winds of Change on free will , Aristotle, and answering a problem posed by some new research into c...

Lily Pads: 2008: Floating Lily Pad cities! 1930: Torpedo cars travel 120 mph through New York! Of course, we have advanced computer modeli...

Happy Birthday, USA. Bob Krumm has a report of 1,215 soldiers reenlisting this day in Iraq. This country is lucky to have such citizens. The...