Irish Music, Yankee Style: In honor of the unexpected raid into the north country, some good Yankee music.

Forecast: Snow Down Below First of all, let me congratulate Alabama on their victory, and an oustanding season. Though a Bulldogs fan myse...

The Faith Instinct , Morality, and Envy - A slightly reduced caseload, a short bit of leave ending in a short bit of sickness - I found time...

Absence: I apologize for the continuing lack of new posting. I've been in D.C. with Uncle Jimbo all week, and I'm afraid the consta...

Summer 2011: Apparently the main thing we are meant to take from tonight's speech was a very limited commitment to Afghanistan. So let ...

Police Officers in Washington State: If you'd like to help the wives and children of the police officers killed this weekend in Washingt...

A Gambling Man : On the topic of poker as game-theory for statecraft, a review of a new biography of Charles II . "The Merry Monarch...

"Move Over, Pony Express!" I love this kind of story , where the American West is used as an inspiration for those living and figh...

Smart Diplomacy: You know, today we're just going to quote the editorial board of the New York Times . The Israelis have refused to stop...

FT Hood and PC: Mark Steyn has a remarkable piece outlining just how extremely open the FT Hood jihadist was about his intentions. As the ...

On Pro-Woman Politics: I was reading one of Elise's favorite bloggers, Reclusive Leftist, who cited the Roman emperor Diocletian as a d...

A Late Hit On Thanksgiving Day:

Done Gone from Preachin' to Meddlin': Never my very favorite people, PETA continues to amaze . This time, though, they are honestly...

From me to you: (Click to enlarge. The picture is Mr. Lockit from The Beggar's Opera .)

Thanksgiving At Home: I've spent the last two Thanksgivings in Iraq, where Bill is still again this year. It will be interesting to s...

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly : Apparently, YouTube has decided to offer the full version of Sergio Leone's classic for free, until t...

A Speech: One of you sent me an email about the USS Constitution. I wondered if the story was at all true, so I looked around a bit. I can...

Pushback: A post on LTC West , on the occasion of the SEAL story from yesterday. I have great sympathy for the military lawyer, who must e...

Fight Club Prophecy: I didn't catch Fight Club back in 1999. In fact, I caught it for the first time earlier this fall, about ten year...

Yes, You Can Change. If You Must. Spiked has a pretty good article on the subject of change , and how it distracts. Present educational fa...