A Hero's Grave: Via Dad29, who notes , "That wacko shrink was not the ONLY Muslim in the US Armed Forces." CPL Khan joined the...

Ft. Hood: By now you'll have heard of the horrible attack at Fort Hood . The reports are suggestive, though early reports are often wro...

The Drive Begins: After three years on the Etowah River, the time has come to move on. We'll still be in Georgia, but closer to the Oco...

Marine Team Update: As the post above explains, I'll be of even less use to the Marine Corps Team over the next few days. I'd like ...

Tale of the Tigers A friend of ours has a new book. Juliette of "Baldilocks" has published a novel called Tale of the Tigers . W...

End of the Trail: For today.

You Know Who's Excited Tonight? A certain Geek is probably not blogging because he's busy dancing in the streets . Cass seems prett...

Marine Corps Team Post: Poor Cassandra! The Army's success at closing the gap in the VALOUR-IT contest is causing her to tear out her h...

Biology = Electoral Destiny? Open Left produced a very interesting graph (h/t Cassandra ), alongside commentary on the subject of how the 2...

Pepper Spray & Bells: "If people persist in trespassing upon the grizzlies' territory, we must accept the fact that the grizzli...

Washington Times : 30 Years Brings No Healing in Atlanta What a sad story this is : For decades as white residents fled to the suburbs, Atl...

Up the Marine Corps! Cassandra has a post about Marine Corps dogs , and their injuries. It reminds us of the friendship between man and the...

Georgia, On the First Day of November:

One Who Goes About: One of the early figures of Georgia history was Nancy (Nanye-hi) Ward , a Cherokee "beloved woman" of the Wolf...

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 .