Now That's Curious: I see via InstaPundit that there's some dirty-trickery at work from the Obama campaign. It reports a site tha...

Another Letter from the ClintonDems: The Clinton Democrats have sent another letter. I assume that most of you are either Republicans, or n...

In Memoriam : Doc Russia's maternal grandfather has passed, and Doc has written a moving eulogy. I know, now, that all of you have int...

The new Frontier. DENVER - John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate on Friday in a s...

Ursa Major : An interesting symbolic aspect of Sen. McCain's choice for VP: the flag of Alaska has a constellation on it, normally call...

What Does a Father Want For His Daughter? Ask John Wayne: They take that oath a little more often, these days. But I don't think that ...

Rule 303 . Typically, nobody gets away with that in the US Army. Not that I expect the army to get any credit for policing its own, as it ha...

Fear: I see that the Obama campaign has decided to attack a writer from National Review . His offense? ...the campaign's "Action W...

At The Last... They decided not to count any of the votes .

Two Essays: I would like to ask you to take time to read two modestly long pieces. I realize this is quite an imposition from a blogger, bu...

Unions for McCain: Dad29 says that there is some trouble among the unions for Sen. Obama: A prominent union leader on Tuesday blamed racism...

Hatred & Humor in Gender Relations: A couple of conservative ladies, Rachael Lucas and Cassy Fiano (not our own Cassidy) , have been ta...

The Best Convention Ever: I have never enjoyed a political convention as much as I've been enjoying this one in Denver. Wizard-hat (fai...

Michael Totten in Georgia: I met Michael Totten in Iraq. He's a good guy, an adventurer who has wandered across Turkey into Kurdistan, ...

Sixteen Pints and Seventy Percent: So you have a couple acres, hate to mow, and are looking to cut down your food expenses somewhat? Buy a ...

Céilidh : In one of the posts below, I asked Elise to tell us a bit about herself -- she's become a regular in our discussions only rece...

For Good October Ale: August, of course, is the eighth month -- and so "October" beer is due starting about now. It's been a ...

That Won't Do: I almost never write about abortion. In reference to Peggy Noonan's column of today , though, I think I have to do s...

Isn't It Still Early For This? Slate Magazine: "Racism is the only reason Obama might lose." I suppose we all knew this was c...

Joltin' Joe Biden! I still believe that the VP pick is of little consequence this year, but you have to admit, this one is amusing. The...