The Ballad of the Devil's Backbone Tavern: Since I got away with the last language warning (and why not? It's my place; but I do tr...

"Lions Ate Him" Dad29 has a picture of a pretty little cat who was seen up his way . It happens that we've had quite a few mou...

Mirabile Dictu : So, you know that "pay czar"? Well... The pre-weekend information dump included an announcement by the Federal Re...

The Harvest: Today featured some news that has had me wondering . Abortion kills more black Americans than the seven leading causes of death...

Followup: On the subject of Norman Rockwell, Bthun noted this piece as "still relevant": Well now. True enough. But since we'...

Cash For Clunkers II: Home Sales Get ready to see a new crash in this 'recovering' market : First-time homebuyers and investors are...

The Illusion of Clean Hands: We once discussed it ; but here is a fine example of how it distorts the mind and the sense of justice : A stun...

Norman Rockwell: Once a shorthand for 'the American Way,' many of the paintings of Norman Rockwell have become less relevant as time...

Global Horse Culture: A nifty blog I hadn't seen before is Global Horse Culture , which is interested in the many ways that man and hors...

Spanking Does Not Equal Shouting: Via the Sage of Knoxville , another of those pieces from the New York Times on how hard it is for the upp...

Sucker: Let this post be clearly marked "viewer discretion advised." I normally try not to let this kind of thing happen here; bu...

Cowboy Songs: Having spent most of the day with a bunch of horses, it's on my mind; and this one particularly, because I caught the wife...

CIA Terminators: Boom.

Some Men, From Ireland: This bit is a study in joy, and not chiefly even the music: Good lads, and merry in their hour. "Let the wind ...

The English Reformation Ends? In what must be regarded as a remarkable event by those of us who study the Middle Ages and early Renaissance,...

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Health and Polution in China: An article that brings back memories . I picked up tuberculosis in China, though apparently I also beat it th...

Tell it, Victor : I have some confessions to make, not because any of you readers are particularly interested in my views; but rather becaus...

Wow: Embedded video from CNN Video So, really, all of you who listen to talk radio? (I don't myself, but I'll guess some of you do...

A Fair Point on Evolution: Anthropologists can be excused for never passing a chance to take a swipe at Creationists, since there are plenty...