You have to wonder about this guy's karma .  That's just harsh.

Theodore Dalrymple (via InstaPundit ) wonders 'What will happen if I consume too much calcium?' The answer reminds me of this litt...

Catching up on Miss Manners after neglecting her since before Christmas: DEAR MISS MANNERS: How do you deal with a daughter-in-law who tr...

Alabama's state legislature pulled off an education-voucher coup this week, variously described as "historic" or "sleazy,...

I've just finished " Fashionable Nonsense:  Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science ," by Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont....

For several weeks we've seen horrified reports of the imminent "meat cleaver" effect of an ill-advised sequester approach to s...

I keep running into posts this week about the sorry state of feminism, especially the "woe is me" or femivictimist man-hating post...

Bookworm Room has been on a roll with video clips.  This one reminded me of our discussion about the meaning of rights: But I couldn...

How are RINOs like women?  It's hard to tell what they want: This is the dichotomy established by many moderate Republicans:  shrill,...

The government really does know better than you , writes the New York Review of Books , and that overturns the whole philosophical basis for...

Something I learned from this WSJ article :  there's such a thing as a federal Destructive Device permit, and it costs $200 (or $3,000 i...

 I noticed this item today: LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least six fired police officers want their disciplinary cases reopened after the Los An...

I don't know this fellow, but it sounds like he's gotten a few things right . Best wishes, and best of luck, to the young couple.

Only two days left before the apocalypse : And when the Republicans opened the seventh seal of the sequester, there was a great earthquake...

Eighty-six firearms companies have joined Olympic Arms in refusing to sell arms to federal, state, or local agencies in jurisdictions that ...

Or, as the researchers put it, Americans are Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic ("WEIRD"), even in compariso...

Allahpundit writes : I told you the yays would be closer to 70 than to 60. Final tally: 71-27. You didn’t seriously think these losers would...

Right answer, wrong reasoning . Q. Husband Nicknames: My husband and I have been married six months. All is well and we have no real compla...

Almost the whole state of Texas, and much of Oklahoma, is a big swirling bowl today, 25-30 mph sustained winds .

Apropos of our recent discussion here (or at Cassandra's place?) about what our schools select for : [L]ike all elites, they believe t...