Paper Republic attempts to explain a term in common use in China, which is shockingly obscene and yet a term  -- they often won't even ...

I've been reading a bit about an attempt in Mississippi -- defeated in the recent election -- to use the law to establish that the begin...

In less than two months, we shall see the last American military forces leave Iraq.  America's mission there will be a diplomatic one fr...

Happy 236th birthday to the United States Marine Corps . Semper Fidelis:   you always have been.

A damsel with a dulcimer In a vision once I saw: It was an Abyssinian maid, And on her dulcimer she played, Singing of Mount Abora....

This is the fate of all of us , if we don't square up. Summary from Barclays Capital inst sales: 1) At this point, it seems Italy is n...

The Economist has a good line, at least, in its review of this new book  on physics: Popular physics has enjoyed a new-found regard.  Now...

From most people, I would dismiss this as mere anti-capitalist rhetoric.   From Nassim Nicholas Taleb , it's an idea we ought to conside...

Dr. Mead has a post that I'm sure you've seen elsewhere , on the clash between factions within what he calls the Blue Model. I'...

This story shows that -- in spite of decades of 'contract theory' approaches to marriage -- a substantial part of the public still h...

Just kidding. Asteroid 2005 YU55 is projected to pass tomorrow within the Moon's orbit, about 200,000 miles out. That's pretty cl...

I took to the road this weekend.  Most of it was spent in the mountains.  Above five thousand feet the leaves are almost gone, but in t...

Via the BSBFB . Well, why shouldn't a machete be a kitchen knife?

I will be in the wilderness, seeking adventure, until Monday.

InstaPundit reports from Knoxville with an addendum: As a recent (female) Yankee transplant to the south, I can’t speak of past southern ...

Almost everyone has one handy . From today’s briefing : MR. CARNEY: Well, I believe the phrase from the Bible* is, “The Lord helps those ...

A discovery that, if it proves out, may be of some interest to us!  To avoid getting lost on their voyages across the North Atlantic 100...

These are becoming fashionable!  But this one has an interesting claim . Like generosity and pettiness, like love and suspiciousness, resp...

I don't write as much on war as I used to, though its importance has not lessened.  I had a piece on BlackFive yesterday, however, whic...