Happy Halloween: In honor of this eerie night, some unnatural concoctions that should never have been mixed (very strong language warning on...

The New Most Hated Man in America: Now former President Bush has retired to happy obscurity, even his name only turning up once in a while i...

"Hearty & Hellish!" So we've had a good time lately with some old Celtic tunes. Here are a few more, on love and merry-ma...

Continuing to Impress: I know I was making fun of N'awlins yesterday, but to be honest, Atlanta has its moments , too. The parents seem...

Five: This last one from The New Republic itself : Trust in government now stands at 23 percent—the lowest level in at least twelve years. ...

It's a Hard World: Stop in and say something kind to a man who needs to hear it .

A Whistling Wind: One: In 1982 there were people saying, "If only we get rid of this guy Reagan, we can make it better!" Others sa...

N'Awlins Continues To Impress: Las Vegas never quite lives up to its reputation, but the most important port on the south coast... The ...

Good Work! The American Knife & Tool Institute has wonderful news today. October 28, 2009 The President has signed the Homeland Securit...

Extraordinary Nature: Today we can read of an explosion brighter than galaxies , from an age when the stars were first starting to light. Or...

Unfit Sticks: Chesterton wrote that many people seemed to feel that any stick was good enough to beat Christianity with: for example, that ...

Demotivators Contest: Cass is running a military demotivator contest for VALOUR-IT week. Here are my two entries. "Embracing the Suck...

An Emerging Third Position on Afghanistan: I normally don't post here about stuff I write for BLACKFIVE, as the purposes of the blogs ar...

The OK Corral: Our friend Lars Walker reminds us that we have just passed the day that in 1881 saw the most famous gunfight in American his...

How Badly Are Our Federal Entitlements Underfunded? This badly : * By 2050, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid (health care for the poor...

What Plan Are You Talking About? The administration uses a strange sort of pincer attack in pushing its agenda. On the one hand, for exampl...

Christopher Hitchens on Believers: The great atheist has some kind words for his debate partners, particularly in the South. I have discove...

VALOUR-IT Challenge: Cassandra has asked me to join her effort to raise funds for the Marine Corps team in the VALOUR-IT challenge. I warn...

Late October Grass:

A Much Better Article from the Times : Travelogues to North Korea are always interesting : We went to endless museums and parks but were ste...