Across the Euphrates: Some of you may recognize the bridge. If you don't recognize the bridge, it has an interesting backstory . The ele...

The guy over at the Volokh conspiracy is right; this is just creepy. (catch it at 3:54) I could make all sorts of rude jokes on this, but I ...

Fort Apache: I was out at what used to be PB Inchon the other day -- not too long ago a real "Fort Apache." It's been turned ...

Sheep by the Water, Qarghuli Tribal Region:

Bill Faith: It was with surprise that I read in my email that Bill Faith has died. Bill Faith was the blogger who wrote "Small Town Ve...

Dead stick into the Hudson river. I used to live on the Jersey side of the Hudson. Its pretty big, actually. But I wouldn't want to try ...

The Exclusionary Rule and Heroic Disobedience: Yesterday, Jonah Goldberg at NRO published this article on the exclusionary rule (evidence o...

This is Awesome: No, really . H/t Cass .

Feral Dogs In The Mada'in:

Thank You, Mr. Broccoli: A bold plan to restore glory to the Colosseum : Gladiators are to return to Rome's most famous fight arena almo...

Dennis the Peasant is an accountant by trade. Its always interesting (to me anyway) to see a SME (Subject Matter Expert) comment on people ...

Proportionality - a Reminder Terms like "proportional" and "disproportionate" are being thrown around in relation to cur...

Happy New Year, everybody.

You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried. Roland Burris Has Already Constructed His Terrifying Death Chamber Governor Blagojevich ha...

Congratulations: Iraq's government declared today an official holiday , and issued congratulations to Christians here on the birth of Ch...

Caritas : Si linguis hominum loquar, et angelorum, caritatem autem non habeam, factus sum velut æs sonans, aut cymbalum tinniens. Et si hab...

Could Watergate Be Uncovered Today? The Washington Post considers the question given the passage of the infamous "Deep Throat," a...

Oh, just look at them howl. (Warning: impolite language at the link.) And here . ("...punching hippies in the face is politically smart...

Warrants and the BSA: The SoFA, or "Bilateral Security Agreement" (BSA), contains several things that will change the way we do bu...

Another one who just doesn't get it. Quite a while ago, I fisked the same sort of academic who was upset over the fact that the US no l...