History and Now: Did the Founders have all the answers ? If a "tea party" event is where the disaffected go to protest the present...

Crush at BLACKFIVE writes about an attempt to lie about a veteran's combat record, in a South Carolina election. According to officia...

A Moment in History: I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was th...

Venite a Laudare : Venite a Laudare Per amore cantare L'amorosa vergene Maria. When I was younger, I used to say that I would convert to...

The Assassins: Killing by suicide has a history, in Shi'a Islam, that has passed into legend. The legend has real roots in history: Ev...

Ah, Italy... One of the joys of studying history, anthropology, or any similar discipline is you get to read things like this . For generati...

Robin and the Tea Party: I keep telling you folks, this is the greatest movie ever made . I'm only joking a little bit. Look at the re...

Idiots: Here is a fellow who speaks kindly of those who have shown little cause to merit the kind words. But don’t worry about the forcibly...

La Sarabande : A man crawls over himself, mouthing strange words in strange tongues; but close your eyes, and listen. Madness, or genius? F...

Riding the Mountains: Yesterday's post from Alaska showed some of our country's most majestic beauty, as it appears in the hard and ...

Olav Trygvasson Eric notes that Osprey Publishing is offering a limited edition of Angus McBride's print . Some of you may be intereste...

Three shots from Cordova, AK - The harbor: Cordova is a sometimes-recommended vacation spot on Prince William Sound, the next stop on the f...

Memorial Day.

Bad Clovis People! Bad! Bad!

Wow. Michael Yon is pissed off.

I had some Soldiers' Angels duties yesterday at the American Airpower Museum on Long Island, at Republic Airport, where they made planes...

Another Icon Passes - Grim notes one , and each to his own, but this last week we lost a splendid writer and thinker: Martin Gardner . I co...

In Praise of Librarians: Christopher Bruce, in his acknowledgements, says this : First mention goes to my wife, Terri... Second are the men...

More on Immigration and Europe: The National Interest has a piece that suggests that Europe is necessarily becoming more Islamic... but, a...