I was out this evening until after dark; the motorcycle light was barely enough to get the gate to the road unlocked, but I opened it and ca...

About twenty years ago, a now-defunct software company called MicroProse wrote a computer game that intended to be an accurate simulation of...

My weaving-and-spinning friend's horrified reaction to her conservative Christian friend's unchecked fertility got me thinking about...

There's been a lot of talk about the shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida.  I haven't joined in on that issue, and don't mean t...

The indispensable Iowahawk made a 2003 entry in a "Why am I a Democrat" contest, including this succinct explanation of the welfa...

I see this story entirely from the perspective of the poor dogs, ditched by their shiftless owner and spurned by their clueless neighbors. ...

The LA Times reports on its unraveling of the knot : When the ATF made alleged gun trafficker Manuel Fabian Celis-Acosta its primary tar...

Douglas said something very kind below about my bee-adorned mailbox, which happened to touch on the central crisis of my life. Though a succ...

The Hound of the Hall Happy Vernal Equinox!   Subjective Spring started weeks ago here, but today we reach the real event.  As you c...

I believe that T99 is associated with her local VFD, and my father was a long-time Captain of ours.  I expect you'll find this interesti...

News from Chicago : The officer who handcuffed them is recorded on camera warning members of the media that their First Amendment rights c...

It's no surprise to discover it, but it's impressive all the same .

Here is something unexpected:  a video of the great-grandfather of my own little girl .

At least, it reminds me of a fairy tale we were recently discussing . Apparently there is some division in the commentariat as to whether ...

Rick Santorum, though he himself is a wealthy man and a former Senator, shows working-class audiences that he understands them by talking ab...

I don't have any tattoos. Not that I object to them in principle, but two things stop me: hep C, and my mania for decorative arts, esp...

National Geographic has a wonderful article on what is believed to be a long-lost Leonardo da Vinci painting.  It is a beautiful piece, wit...

I don't come from a tattooing family.  I'm pretty sure that none of my family has or has ever had a tattoo; not even the WWII vetera...

A military historian blogger I discovered on St. Patrick's Day has begun a series of posts on the historical Arthur .  It's eas...

In deference to Lars Walker's report from Beyond , let us start with something appropriate.   "St. Patrick's Breastplate" ...