Commentary writes : Because he is black, his opinions about race are controversial. If he were white, they probably would be unpublishabl...

Politico says that "Nervous Mitt fans" are urging their candidate to "hit Newt harder."   One of the strengths of the Gi...

According to This Ain't Hell , Michael Yon's given what looks like, but in fact is not, an interesting dilemma: It could happen tomo...

Wistful childhood memories .

This may be old hat to those of you with rugrats in the house. You can make a non-Newtonian fluid with a starch suspension, such as a mixt...

You might think that T99's post, in which we learned about the Fed 'servicing' the needs of the banks, represents the low point ...

So you thought it was a lot when TARP cost us $700 billion, right? Bloomberg News has pried information out the Fed via Freedom of Informa...

Maggie's Farm sent me to a list of " Eight Warning Signs for Junk Science ," including: Science by press release. Rhetoric tha...

Dad29 linked to a post on a longstanding historical debate on whether Islam, or internal dissolution, destroyed Western Roman civilization. ...

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...