We've had the first cool weather of the year. The hummingbirds are hiding from the cold rain, but they have managed to drain the feeder...

Help us break the law, or we'll prosecute you.  It's gone beyond police state at this point.

An article on the 717 siege of Constantinople raises a theme that occurs again and again in history : Still, the Muslims’ troubles were far ...

Any good reason to think he's not for real?

For Tex, who is waiting on them. We've got six at once at this one feeder alone.

So we just finished talking about the New York City Police's use of baseless searches. How about having the TSA do them nationwide? T...

I understand how accidental 'unlawful command influence' can happen from the mouth of a President who is completely ignorant of the ...

...are illustrated in a lighthearted way. Type "define literally" into Google, and see what you get. Even mighty Oxford has fa...

The other day I mentioned a site called quora.com that crowd-sources questions of all sorts.  I joined up and have been enjoying the occasi...

Or should I say, lawlessness and orderlessness?  In a three-branch system of government, how do we resolve disputes among the branches?  The...

Douglas sends.

h/t Mad Minerva

...because it's not like there's anything sacred about the union of man and wife , right? I mean, isn't it important that we li...

August in Georgia is the month of greatest heat. The mornings are clear and humid, hot by ten, with clouds that mount all day until they a...

There is no fundamental difference between the NSA’s data mining and eavesdropping operations and a live in agent listening to all your conv...

Mark Steyn on the extended spectacle of the prosecution of the Fort Hood shooter: Major Hasan says he’s a soldier for the Taliban.  Maybe...

Rick Santorum speaks on art and America . Santorum quoted the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, reminding the audience that he once said,...

I remember being taught in school about the "Stop and Frisk" concept , also known as the "Terry Stop," although in my en...

The Medieval Feminist Forum (a peer-reviewed journal located at the University of Iowa) has an article that I hope will be the first in a s...

Don't get too supercilious about Detroit , warns the Huffington Post--the same thing could happen to your city.  Pretty much like "...