Politically Correct Stoics: In the opening pages of Dr. Lara Denis' "Kant's Conception of Virtue , we find an interesting accou...

Sedition: 'If the EPA gets no budget... if HHS gets no budget...' Well, actually, that would be a revolution in and of itself.

Should We Defend Israel? I don't mean, "Should America defend Israel?" with this question. It's plain enough, under this ...

Benvenuto Cellini: I have a few more pictures of the Met, thanks to Dellbabe, that I will post up over the weekend. Today I wanted to put u...

Go get 2 big mirrors. Put them opposite one another. Stand between them and look into one. Seems to go on forever, right? That's sort of...

Music for a Thursday: Let's start with an interesting piece, not exactly like anything you'll probably have heard lately. Hiemarmene...

Phronesis : This is the kind of thing that breaks a man's heart : Where does morality come from? The modern consensus on this question l...

Constitutional Convention Roundup: The idea that the states should call a constitutional convention -- supported here, as regular readers we...

An Oakeshott Type XVI: This sword type is the kind Ewart Oakeshott classified as a XVI. Albion Swords makes several modern versions of this ...

A Defense of Trial by Ordeal: I was interested by this paper on trial by ordeal (h/t: Instapundit ). The author uses economic theory to s...

Discussion Plutarch. Ok, I hope everybody has had a chance to read the lives mentioned here . So, what do you all think? Was Plutarch's ...

The Met, IV:

An Informed Opinion on Iran: Michael Totten has an interview with a CIA agent from Iran's Revolutionary Guards . He has an opinion on t...

Zen and Racism: The National Post sent someone to attend an anti-racism seminar , at which some remarkably bad advice was given. Sandy, Jim...

The Met, Part Three:

Easter: This is the first Easter that has found me at home in three years. When I was a boy, Easter was not something about which we made a ...

The Met Collection, II: Viking Swords Dellbabe sends some more of the photos she took for us. These swords include an Ulfberht blade: a n...

Good Friday: There are many celebrations today, to which I can add little. However, Dad29 posts a song that I happen to know. Here is the...

The Hero's Portion: I am today instituting an award for excellent service to the Hall. I'm naming it after the ancient tradition of...

"Putting the Ale in Female" Now that's a headline. Thanks, ladies . Jane Peyton, an author and historian, says the fairer sex...