Headlines: So I opened up the news today, and I see the following headlines: Dems: Texas Governor Should Reject Secession. Guns: A Better ...

Lex Naturalis : An ongoing (and interesting) discussion in the thymos post, below , makes me want to revisit the concept of "natural l...

Bumped: 1 in custody, 3 overboard. "Defense Department officials confirmed that one pirate is in custody. A U.S. official said the stat...

Easter MMIX This is the second Easter in a row I've spent in Iraq. This morning's service at sunrise was nice, and it is good to sp...

Ruthless: " U.S. warships and helicopters stalked a lifeboat holding an American sea captain and his four Somali captors Sunday, while...

Art and Literature: From Arts & Letters Daily , two pieces: Is Grand Theft Auto IV a kind of art? Is the Bible a kind of literature? To ...

Judging Stephens: The Honorable Ted Stephens has been vindicated ! The judge today overturned his conviction entirely, and ordered an inves...

Headline Contest: For this article . "Women Smell More Than Men." "Proof: Women Are Better Than Men, But Dogs Are Still Bett...

Thymos From World Affairs Journal , an article that puts the right name to the issue we've been discussing lately. Having largely (and...

"The Song of the Cid" I'm in Kuwait awaiting the resolution of a visa issue, which bedevils travel through this country. In t...

April Fools: I'm flying back to Iraq, so I won't be around for a few days. It's been an interesting and eventful leave, if not ...

Jingle Bombs. (Not that anyone complains, but it is humorous for everyone to see that the dogs get treated even better than Air Force perso...

Blow it out your ass. Heh. Somebody's got a sense of humor. "What is to be done?"

Ruining Your Life: Salon has a piece they've linked from their front page that wonders, "Does Having Children Ruin Your Life?...

Keep It Coming: Why not? (H/t: Gwa45 .) Congressman Alan Grayson (FL-8) today proudly introduced the Grayson-Himes Pay For Performance Ac...

Against Rand: Cassandra is quoting Rand at length. "But money demands of you the highest virtues, if you wish to make it or to keep it...

Something To Do With Death: Mark Steyn warns against the Obama project, and his terms are familiar . A couple of years back Paul Krugman wro...

As American Digest notes: "Because we can" .

Climbing the Ridge:

I Find This Rather Alarming: "GM Chief to Resign at White House Behest." I can't quite put into words why that bothers me, but...