Last Sunday was Gaudete Sunday.  This is the last hour in which I can thus post this before it's overtaken by events. :) Getting clo...

A new book treats the question of obscene words, noting that just what qualifies as an obscenity has changed a lot over the years.  The Med...

You are all (excepting one of you, our friend the orchestral musician) doubtless bored with my repeated commentary on the unity of beautiful...

Via this article on GWB, I learned that something called "Thought Cloud" exists . Via Thought Cloud, I learned that it's pro...

For this reason alone, it must be repealed .

I remember Tex posted once about "Phil" Robertson, and without reading very closely I assumed she must be talking about "Pat...

Apparently Carlisle has succumbed to the general madness . The U.S. Army War College, which molds future field generals, has begun discussin...

Johnny Cash sang this one to an international hit. Henry Rollins wonders about doing the same thing now. Yeah, OK. So what does it ...

He is mocking the current propaganda , but his early example is striking . This one is the one I always think of. It's weaker than h...

Ace of Spades can't decide if the post he found about the tragedy of antifeminist computer coding is fake or not.  The obvious answer i...

Sign language fascinates me.  In my elementary school, we all learned to signed letters when we read about Helen Keller, and I can do it to ...

A lot of the North Korean press release about the chief nutso's purged uncle didn't come through very well in translation, but this...

I've never worked in a kitchen, but I've been a waitress in more than one establishment, so I can relate to some of this article ab...

Georgia has now joined South Carolina's first steps toward state nullification of Obamacare.  The four-step process, developed by the T...

Won't it be amazing if the U.S.-Mexico border stops demarcating a division between an northern economy that functions and a southern on...

This Forbes article is a helpful explanation of the complicated choices facing insurance companies as their customers embark on a completel...

Bill Whittle is terrific.  I can't seem to link directly to this video, so here's a basic PJTV link that, for now at least, takes y...

Megan McArdle tries to get a handle on just how many people really were uninsured.  Is it more or less than the number of people who were i...