Powerline's week in pictures is always good.  This one adds two good short videos. The cartoon is tailor-made for our resident philos...

You gotta swing the bat.

Zero Hedge has an application form for Syrian rebels to fill out. Complete the following sentence. “American weapons are…” A) Always a...

A Project Gutenberg pen-pal from Spain solved the mystery:  the song was released on a 45 in 1973 or 1974 entitled "Tubular Bells,...

The problem with the DB is that its articles so often sound plausible.

A new poll finds that 76% of Americans disbelieve the IRS story about the emails.  That includes 63% of Democrats.  And here's a new on...

A credit-card sized all-purpose tool called the " Grommet ."

Why such uniformity of opinion on the matter? It might have something to do with the fact that no one believes the IRS accidentally lost t...

From Ricochet : Kevin [Williamson]’s mistake was stating the biological fact that Laverne Cox is a man. As my new allies inform me, this ...

More from Maggie's Farm, linking the NY Post : The New York City Department of Education employs a full-time director of homeschooling...

The NY Post examines divorce trends in the U.S.  As Cassandra often has reported to us, women have been the primary instigators for a while...

An article summarizing trends in the Guardian quotes the burning issues posed by the thinking class, including the exasperation of a profes...

Eli Wallach has died .

Reading about the New York Times's account of the failed negotiations for a status-of-forces agreement in Iraq call irresistibly to min...

Gary Oldman apparently decided to reprise his famous role in The Professional while giving an interview to Playboy -- this time in words, r...

I liked an instrumental song that was on the radio long ago, I'm thinking the 70s, whose name I can't recall.  I've heard that t...

I'd really like to hear from James whether this is for real or kind of flaky.

Today we celebrate the 700th anniversary of the pivotal battle of the Bannockburn . It turned the course of the Scottish War of Independe...

But you know, he really does look pretty good in sunglasses .  Can't really blame the fanboys in the media.