Indiscernable Identity: There is a thought experiment by the philosopher Max Black that calls into question one of the basic rules of logic:...

From "Hondo": What does that tell you, with all we've spoken of lately on love and honor?

Get 'Em, Buck: I think those two are settling in just fine.

My Favorite Headline From Today: 'Reid says he "won't dwell" on race-based controversy.' That's big of you, Senato...

Bendigo Shafter Chapters 1-3: Now that most of us have the book, we can discuss the first few chapters. In this early phase, L'amour s...

Of Course: Cassandra took the time to run the Futurist's sources for his "Venusian Arts" piece. Here's what she found : T...

The Sandbar Duel: James Bowie gets quite a treatment here: According to William C. Davis, though, he was the most notorious land scam artist...

UT Sports Jokes: You may have heard that the University of Tennessee has had a little trouble with some of its players lately. Since mine ...

Diversity and the Razor: I was reading this piece on the effects of diversity (h/t: Cassandra ). It begins by pointing out that diversity ...

Women, Love, Intimidation: Dr. Helen is a woman we all greatly admire, and for several good reasons. There is her courage in the face of he...

How Sophisticated: The New York Times' alleged conservative probably thinks he is 'defending institutions,' which is a key con...

Science @ Work: Arts & Letters Daily links to an amusing "debate" between Discover and a paleoanthropologist . To those who ...

Grim's Hall Book Club: Bendigo Shafter Part I I realize that several of you are just now in the process of getting the book, so we...

Social Harmony, Revisited: Perhaps the most frequently cited thing I've ever written was Social Harmony , a meditation on the importance...

Gun Rights: The Tenth Amendment Version The BATFE is sending letters to gun dealers in Montana and Tennessee stating that it will ignore st...

Cartoons for the New Year: The Geek with a .45 was celebrating an apparent Looney Toons marathon held today in honor of the new year. I mi...

Dark Hypocrisy, etc. Today's installation in 'finding the dark hypocrisy at the heart of Middle America' is on Starbucks . It br...

Death Passes By: The news this morning is worth celebrating . 2009 ends with the lowest level of casualties among our servicemen and women ...

A Merry New Year To You All: This New Year's carol starts off very pious and proper; and about halfway in, descends into riot. In this ...

Memento Mori : As we close the year, Greyhawk reminds us of what has passed. The only thing needed to really sell the story was a brigade t...