The Telegraph insists on reading this in the base terms to which the age has become accustomed, but this is really a nice bit of portraitur...

I don't feel we've spent enough time this week waging the war between men and women. The fertile comments section over at Megan McA...

Reminds me of the shooting competition in  Winchester '73 .  The one where they're shooting dollars thrown into the air?  Then th...

We must be thinking about this more lately because the rainfall here is so erratic, and because we lost so many plants this week to a comple...

Never let it be said that Congress isn't capable of coming together to tackle the important problems.  First horse slaughter, and now .....

Not chestnuts, but almonds roast on a steel plate this evening, each with a touch of chocolate.   The hero of the hour on his fav...

I noticed with some pleasure that Congress has re-approved the slaughter of horses for meat today. It's a terrible shame to see a hor...

Today, my neighbor's dog Callie wandered up the hill from her home in the valley below.  I generally like all dogs, and usually know all...

Here's a fine, brave piece.

Since T99 is putting up the challenge, I suppose I ought to think about an example of what I like to see in how men are portrayed.  I'd ...

If they're going to show cleavage, this is how I'd prefer they did it. Ziva's no wimp, and she can sing, too. I didn't real...

Little Red's comment made me think of the lyrics to this politically incorrect old shape-note song, Greenwich (183), with its grim satis...

Now let us turn our attention to this article from Humanities on Averroes. There is some good work here, but finally the author misses t...

My mother-in-law makes what she calls "hot water cornbread," which I think may also be called cornpone or corn dodgers. They shou...

Zero Hedge has a guest post that is really an advertisement for a report on what skills will be in demand in the future.  They don't get...

News from Stonehenge : Archeologists have discovered two new pits at the mysterious Stonehenge site that shed potential light on its r...

A writer named E. J. Graff wrote a piece by this name at the American Prospect last week; I happened on it this morning.  The subject is th...

Grim got me going on my favorite daydream: how to reconstruct society after the collapse. Yes, I know I'm just re-enacting an early ch...

This time of year, I start looking about for nieces, nephews, and children of friends who might share my twin passions for Robert Heinlein b...

You never know what you'll find on YouTube. This is Philip Glass's "Openings" on a marimba, of all things. I'm very ...