A very young Willie Nelson never liked you much. Boy can play guitar, though.

For . Against . For (this one is our own Mike D, so scroll to his comments). Against . Discuss. UPDATE: Nice.

John Roberts unfairly tries to force a redistricting lawyer to explain how race-based policies can be implemented without making race the p...

This looks worth trying:  flourless expresso chocolate cake.  (Maggie's Farm.)

If the answer to this question is "yes," you're entitled to the respect that deserves (which is substantial -- it's a dang...

Somehow, although I am as historically aware as most Americans can be expected to be, I never knew until this morning that the FBI tried to ...

AT&T pointed out that it would need to pause on $18 billion of fiber it intended to lay next year, while the FCC figures out whether it...

Not much ever happens to my hair.  It's reached a certain length at which entropy just keeps pace with growth.  If I'm not asleep, i...

From "Kit and Kitty," a 1890 novel by R.D. Blackmore , who had no affection for ostentatious dress: When I opened the door, I sa...

Also "Sergeant," "Captain," and "Doctor." For all my marriage has given me, all it has allowed me to be and to...

Thus did Melville suggest whalers signify their profession on their calling cards. I wonder if we're seeing the end of fishing entirel...

This environmental scare piece about sand depletion reminded us of the old joke about what would happen if the USSR took over the Sahara De...

What would America be without men like these? A few months later, Nate's battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel William Seely, travelin...

Very late getting to it today, due to computer problems. I'll try to make it up with this piece from none other than Johnny Cash. It...

One of the cases Cass and I have tangled over a few times back in 2012 is the case of Rick Santorum's children going to a Pennsylvania p...

From a long article attacking conservative ideas about poverty , some thoughts on the collapse of marriage among the lower and middle class:...

Drinks at Tun Tavern .

In the event our civilization ever does follow Grim's ideas (which I partly share) and reintroduces corporal punishment as an alternati...