If you're going to defend a strongpoint against enemy forces you're going to need to deal with field hygiene.   The Romans had ...

Wikipedia tells me jack-o-lanterns traditionally were carved from turnips. Pumpkins became popular in the New World, being larger, easier t...

Did you know the original for this one?  It's from 1927. More likely you know this one. And most likely, you know this one. ...

So, you folks from the '80s:  Blues Brothers , or Spy Hunter ? Actually, it's from the '50s, originally by Henry Mancini. ...

Deer sir: Thank you for your letter, which it was our pleasure to reprint for the benefit of the community.  On behalf of the staff at our...

The British have chosen an amusing recreation for us . By 4 July, America's founding fathers approved a simple document penned by Jeff...

This is excellent news ! The five metre-long (16-foot) grave, thought to contain the remains of a high-status Viking, was discovered at a...

From a cool new site I just came across, called Retronaut . Below is the explanation that accompanied this picture. “This half-plate daguer...

Jump about five minutes into this clip, and the piper lays down the Uilleann pipes , and picks up a set of Great Highland Warpipes .  The pi...

James Taranto is the master. For a protest against business, Occupy Wall Street seems to be generating a lot of it. For one thing, it'...

Having considered all these different forms of the practice of arms, it is now time to speak of the truest and most perfect form which e...

. . . To make this year's Halloween costume for your dog. These should get you inspired. What got me started was an email from my neig...

This building (until today I did not know it is called the The Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo Mansion) has always been a favorite of mine. I thi...

There's nothing particularly noteworthy about posting this, except I thought you might find it interesting in a small way since Presi...

No votes are yet cast in this primary season, but political forecasters are becoming  united on two predictions. 1)  Former governor Rom...

St. Thomas Aquinas wrote a very great deal on marriage -- from the supplement to the third part of the Summa Theologica,  questions 41 throu...

I saw a local specialist last week who recommended several thousand dollars in tests relating to the obscure, chronic, incurable, but otherw...

I see that Hank Williams Jr. has a new song.  He'll do well with it; but many will say he is an unreconstructed outlaw because of it. ...

Via Memeorandum , an interesting guest editorial: I guess he had to hire a ghost writer .

The other day we saw John Gray's brutal but well-founded review of Stephen Pinker's new book.  The next step is to critique Gray...