Miles in Shoes: The New Yorker begins an article by describing a Southern politician of the old sort. Big Jim Folsom was six feet eight in...

Iran: H/t: NR .

"Shut Up": I was waiting to post this because I thought perhaps it was old, and pertained to a different situation than what we ar...

What to Say? What to Do? Elise is very angry at how the nation has treated the murders of women by a loser unable to attract them. I wonder...

The Order of St. George: Lt. Col. Edward Bohnemann, commander of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Caval...

Organized Protests: This marks a strange moment in American life. Ordinary citizens have come together to protest a government initiative. ...

Clausewitz Today: Here is a review of On War at The Chronicle of Higher Education . Von Clausewitz remains the standard text for military...

Now That's a Son To Be Proud Of: Down Australia way, they still make boys fit to be men once in a while. THE nine-year-old son of a spe...

The Last Great War in the Ukraine: I believe this is an art form I have never before observed, practiced with an extraordinary degree of bot...

We May Be In Trouble: Once: Now: There is no excuse for anyone being able to out-cowboy the United States of America. Something's not ri...

West Oversea Our friend and occasional commenter Lars Walker has apparently been so modest as to fail to mention to us his new book , trusti...

Women and Discord: I spent part of the night reading (with a glass of porter and a fine Gurkha cigar ) from Dr. Elizabeth Hallam's Chro...

Iraq Trends: Things in Iraq seem to be going better than I'd expected. The death rate has declined since the handover of the cities to...

The USS Jason Dunham : I hear this destroyer will do 31 knots . The two men who share the honor of the ship's name and class had a lot...

Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics: Now this is an interesting chart : At the link, the fellow talks about where his numbers come from, in case...

"A Christmas Story" The founder of a small business wrote a story about his father's last, great gift to him. The paper tore ...

Torches and Pitchforks: Politico reports: Screaming constituents, protesters dragged out by the cops, congressmen fearful for their safety ...

Dishonor... ...lies in the tale . [W]hen the thin man in a beanie cap, dark clothing and sunglasses pushed a black backpack across the bank ...

Apocalypse porn. The Wall Street Journal has an article on a new wave of disaster movies. "A flood of postapocalyptic stories is now he...

Blanche of Castile: Following up on the post of a few days ago, I thought of doing a series on similar women. Blanche of Castile organized ...