We're Gonna Have a Jubilee... ...down in Memphis, Tennessee.

Human Worth: What's the worth of a human life? What is it about a human life that makes it worth something? That's a hard question...

"It is not Power that Corrupts, But Fear." I'm a little bit amazed to see that the Burmese government actually released Aung S...

Gerrymandering HotAir linked to a Zombie article about the nation's most ridiculously gerrymandered federal congressional districts. ...

The American Dunkirk: My sister sends a piece on mass panic and emergencies : The idea of mass panic shapes how we plan for, and respond to,...

Some Friend: I question the headline here, which suggests that a homeowner killed a friend . Ezekiel Wiley says he fired all six bullets at ...

Mexico: The question of insurgency : The most important part of Sheridan’s story, I think, is the notion that U.S.-Mexican military-to-milit...

Roscoe Browne: I'm just going to repost TBSBFB's take on this. Real Men Can Cook: And tell a story. Look after children. Charm a w...

Demolition Goes Wrong I tried to find a direct YouTube embed, but all the ones there had incredibly annoying ads up front, so just go to thi...

Earmarks Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has a piece in the National Review Online today about earmarks, a subject that's been puzzling me la...

Veteran's Day: To all of you who've served, my thanks. To all of you who haven't, McQ at BLACKFIVE thanks you .

Why Do Things Cost So Much? Megan McCardle has a thread going about trade barriers and the impact on the cost of goods and the standard of ...

Infinite Ethics: On grizzly bears : One human being is worth more than an infinite number of grizzly bears. Another way to put it is that th...

Happy Birthday: It's the Marine Corps Birthday . A committee of the Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern to draft a resolution calling...

He keeps using that word . Somehow, I don't think it means what he thinks it means. I mean, really. Can you imagine him picking up a gun...

Snake ID Who's good at identifying snakes from descriptions? I didn't get a photo, unfortunately. This guy was fairly long, maybe ...

W. C. Fields: The title of the last post reminds me: I don't think we've ever taken a look at W. C. Fields. He's certainly an ...

Go Away, Kid, You Bother Me: Via TBSBFB .

Guinness is Good For You: Two of my favorite things : Zenyatta could be getting her favorite beer straight from the tap if she wins the Bree...

The Power of the Press (Secretary): This report is stunning : [D]uring President Obama's trip to India, Gibbs assumed the role of press ...