Tammany Hall: Since we were just talking about the period yesterday, let me draw your attention to Greyhawk's piece on how the issues o...

Alien Life: The Journal of Cosmology has published a piece that claims it may be proven. Official Statement from Dr. Rudy Schild, Center f...

Film School: The Chronicle of Higher Education has a fascinating article on film school in Baghdad, Dubai and elsewhere in the Middle East...

Spring Break! Spring break is almost here. Let's go to Mexico! ...or possibly Savannah. My .50 cal is in the shop. H/t: Dad29 .

Hah! Commenting on this story about handgun carry on college campuses, InstaPundit says : Is it just me, or is the notion that guns are esp...

"But What Did You Really Mean by That?" I'm belatedly getting around to what's turned out to be a great read: Judge Vins...

Nathan Bedford Forrest: Time magazine reports on a controversy in Mississippi . In 1867, former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest ...

Bring Bush! I hate to break it to that guy, but Bush ain't coming and neither is Obama. Funny, though, that it's Bush he's calli...

The Android Trebuchet: You know what would be fun? Building a massive siege engine and setting it to be triggered by a cell phone. They us...

Mobs and Leaders In this video , an angry crowd struggles to regulate itself, with the help of a few individuals who struggle to find words ...

For FbL: FbL wanted to try the skillet/broiler pizza hack, but didn't want to buy another skillet. While I dispute the premise that one...

Why Are Men Angry? Kay Hymowitz writes a followup to a piece that I didn't link the first time, because it is well-traveled ground for ...

Moral Realism & Horses: This is the second post in a series; the first is here . In the first post, we discussed whether there are real...

Adventures in Frosting We recently celebrated our neighbor's mother's 90th birthday, a party that featured a demonstration of line-d...

TODAY'S TRAIN WRECK Act I Act II

THE BIASING EFFECTS OF MORALITY ... we must always be aware of how pervasive the confirmation bias is. Whatever we want to believe, we set o...

Autoduel on Ice: It's been a while since we had a Borderline Boys post. I like this one: "If Mad Max had a fortress of solitude ...

The Patriot Game: Come all you young rebels, and list' while I sing; for the love of one's country is a terrible thing. BillT remind...

Tallulah Gorge: Below Bridal Veil Falls In northeast Georgia, the Tallulah river has cut a remarkable gorge into the earth. Cutting through...

Striking: Following up on T99's earlier post about feminine beauty, a post on facial averages for Hollywood celebrities . The results a...