Another police department shuttered, this time because their insurance refused to continue to cover them . Too many lawsuits: According to ...

A propos some other discussions we've had. I could live without the dinner party lessons, though.... Eric Hines

Cassandra is talking about a Cosmopolitan complaint about political ads from male candidates that are condescending to women . Well, if ...

A sub-debate between Cass and I has to do with how well the system we have still responds to democratic pressures. The Federal system is pr...

As my husband remarked, you have to wonder if the Fed took into account what would happen when "retirees" found the return on thei...

Nice. That's one we haven't heard in a while.

The three greatest centuries for logic were the 4th BC, the 14th AD, and the 19th AD. The philosopher interviewed here suggests that this o...

It's a bit of work, to be sure, but there's a straight-line connection . Romanian is 20% Latin, and 43% borrowed Romance loan-word...

Pity upon those for whom these speak the truer. 'Great sweetheart... they poured your blood yesterday.' 'The prophecy wa...

Today I did my feudal service in return for another year of holding, in fee simple, this land from our Great State of Georgia. I also paid ...

I'm confused again.  The UN thinks travel restrictions on Ebola-ravaged countries are misguided, because they don't reflect the way...

A local activist sent me a link yesterday to a smoothly produced video , undertaking to discredit the Common Core curriculum.  I have no ...

Blood tests available without going through a doctor's office that are quick, cheap, and accurate, and the results go straight to the p...

"White House Security Replaced By Ugandan Contractors."

...but there's only so much you can ask, as 'perfecting' does not imply 'perfectible.' Actually, you probably couldn...

I don't care who you are, that's funny, right there.  Diners at a rubber-chicken Food Safety Summit Baltimore came down with raw-rub...

Walmart is now selling swords of a decent quality .

Is he all right?  Can he still feel?

A long-serving police sergeant -- who claims that he is speaking for the majority of police officers nationwide -- explains how to destroy t...