Sherlock Holmes: While tooling around on Hulu last night, I found an ad for a new Sherlock Holmes movie that is to be coming out. It will h...

A Fistful: Hulu is running "A Fistful of Dollars" for the next thirteen days -- the Yuletide, roughly. I'm sure few of you nee...

"A Really Cool Book About Vikings": Our friend (and occasional co-blogger) Joel Leggett had a very nice review of Lars Walker...

The Force of History: So cites Carlin Romano, writing in the Chronicle of Higher Education . He wants those outraged over the recent Swiss ...

Milblogs Go Silent: I'm sure that most of you are familiar with the problems MSG Grisham has been having with his local school board. H...

John Henry & Mushrooms: Joe's remarks on John Henry made me recall a famous story. It was retold in the version I first encountered...

Sir Winston: Remembering Churchill : Winston Churchill led the life that many men would love to live. He survived 50 gunfights and drank 20,...

Rumors and Portents: A rumor , which has been out there several hours now with no one stepping up to deny it that I can find: According to a...

The Ballad of John Henry: 'I'll die with my hammer in my hand... but I'll be laughing.'

Yuletide: I already know what I'm getting for Christmas... it's a Stihl chainsaw. Thanks to everyone for their recommendations, and...

On Cures for Homosexuality: National Review offers a backhanded 'defense' of a practitioner. Therapists such as Mr. Cohen are an o...

...And Just To Round Out the Morning: Greyhawk discusses domestic Islamic terrorism , and cites a piece from Small Wars Journal . The great ...

Iran's Mask Slips: It was never a very convincing disguise anyway, but this puts paid to it . The technical document describes the use o...

Dad29 says, "Gadzooks!" And a hat tip to the gentleman for the photo. "Prepare for war: live free or die." This kind ...

The Wren Song: The wren, the wren, the king of all birds : Some people theorise that the Wren celebration has descended from Celtic mytholog...

Decorating the Hall: What? The catapult is a holiday tradition , here.

The Difference Between A "Gunman" and a "Gunfighter": Moron . Times Sq. gunman held weapon like rapper A Times Square bl...

Some Further Thoughts on Just War: National Review meditates : In fact, however, the classic just-war tradition began, not with a presumpti...

Congratulations, Navy. Oh well, there's always next year.

Ode to Sawdust: Where a poplar fell Now stretches, most precisely, A white angel.