Njal's Saga Finale: Lars Walker reminds me that I have completely forgotten to finish up the reading into the saga of Burnt Njal. He k...

Choices: In general, I'll take the witch over the Marxist every time. UPDATE: I think what I find amusing about this story is the ide...

Tornado in Brooklyn? They don't seem sure whether this was a thunderstorm, a tornado, or a "tornado-like storm," but whatever...

Thoughts on Democracy: From Kenneth Minogue : I am in two minds about democracy, and so is everybody else. We all agree that it is the sover...

The Evils of Auto-Tune: I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more of this. The parodies are actually better than the Auto Tune songs I...

Robin Hood: In just a couple of weeks, the movie that captures what the Tea Party is all about will be available. I suggest that it would m...

Hummers Swarming Like Bees We went through nearly 4-1/2 gallons of sugar water today in the sixteen hummingbird feeders we have deployed. T...

Instapundit points to a post at the Chicago Boyz, on " Raising beyond One's Station " by a poster by the name of Shannon Love:...

Set Bacchus from His Glassy Prison Free Speaking of book reviews, Lars Walker's excellent site www.brandywine.com often features them. ...

Brutality in Book Reviews: It's a fine art, using the review to destroy someone's work. Of course, sometimes their work is of a cha...

Synthesis: It was the animals all along . An anthropologist named Pat Shipman believes she’s found the answer: Animals make us human. She me...

The Paintings of Petra: Obscured by smoke damage, the paintings of ancient Petra have been carefully revealed . Petra is chiefly famous for...

Lascaux Yesterday's screen-shot on my search engine, Bing , was of the 17,000-year-old cave paintings at Lascaux in southern France. (B...

Immigration in Germany: There is a significant debate that is being stifled in Germany, argues this piece from Der Spiegel : Sarrazin has be...

Welshmen Never Yield The Brits are outnumbered, and the Zulus are outgunned. They both depend on music for morale.

Freedom From "The Barrister" at Maggie's Farm : Politicians of all stripes hate free markets, because free markets aren't ...

September 11th, 2010: As every year, I will repost my poem Enid & Geraint . It must be among the oldest poems about 9/11, for I wrote i...

Pat Buchanan: Are We Serious? Once in a while, Mr. Buchanan makes a good point . Half of one, at least: Jones, who sells t-shirts saying ...

I took the above notes while in my office at 71st Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, on September 11, 2001. We had managed to get through ...

Frosty Sends: A protest song: They're stretching a little to describe the conflict as one about 'country boys' and 'politici...