Western Civ: InstaPundit has an interesting post today recommending Western Civ "courses" for those who didn't get them in sch...

Merry Men: The Politico reports on certain lawsuits : The federal lawsuits against last year’s health care overhaul were greeted with eye-ro...

Tzeitel's Wedding I was reminded by something at Assistant Village Idiot of my idea of the perfect wedding. This scene makes me weep w...

A Feast in the Hall: Today was a special day, not for any holiday, but because my sister came. I always try to prepare something delicious,...

Sidepork Pandemonium. I don't know. Don't ask.

Responding to Bachmann: Continuing yesterday's discussion on the TEA Party's challenge to the extant Republican party, some Republic...

The Well-Dressed Viking: Eric sends a book for those of you who enjoy well-known Viking pursuits like sewing.

Genghis Khan, Environmentalist: It's amazing how little we appreciate his extraordinary achievements . So how did Genghis Khan... earn s...

We have gators, too, but not like this. One of the nice things about winter is that the gators and snakes lie low for a while. The tape da...

Shhhhhhhh Remember when the mainstream media scarcely could bring themselves to acknowledge that there was such a thing as a grassroots move...

Embarrassment: It's amazing what people find embarrassing . "It's an embarrassment to the state to have as a symbol that was us...

A Knife for Eric: From ancient Rome, a pretty nifty piece of camp equipment .

State of the Union: There's a surprising amount of skepticism in the media about last night's speech . I expected a more bland rea...

Puritanism and President Obama: I'm beginning to be impressed by this Walter Russel Mead . He's making good and interesting points ...

What's Bill Up To These Days? Teaching the Iraqis how to fly through canyons , apparently. That's way more exciting than digging tru...

Non-Current Events Something is wrong with my brain, lately; I can't engage with current events. I thought instead I would write about ...

Warm Weather: The stuff has me thinking of spring. I spent the afternoon digging a truck out of the mud -- it got hung up on a tree stump a...

Lessons in Reality: Greyhawk notes a small collision . Off they went to see Bradley , bringing a petition with 42,000 signatures demanding h...

When You've Got Ten Bucks that You Can Blow... We're getting close to the State of the Union, which is the right time for this polit...

The Names of Things: There is some law at work in Georgia that requires names of places to worsen over time. I don't know if it works t...