On the strength of my recent enjoyment of BBC documentary, a British friend recommends to me this 13-part series from the BBC on Western Civ...

Playing off the popularity of the BBC's excellent production of "Wolf Hall," about Henry VIII's break with the Catholic Ch...

When you're a scientist, sometimes it's good to be the king , if it means you get to look under a different rock from the one that a...

So, the question that I am curious about in the wake of this latest Clinton scandal is about options for fixing things should we determine ...

The image is a photo I took of a tile in Jerusalem last December. If I were to have a patron saint, I should think it would be St. George....

MSNBC hosts lecture on the democratic glories of tax season, dodge tens of thousands of dollars in taxes . The video at the link is glorio...

Today's game: does the headline match the statement? "[If] we have to give some Christians refugee status given that with Iraq and...

'Get your gang together, and break into the house of a professional MMA fighter .'

Major General Allen Batschelet , CDRUSAREC, says that only thirty percent of American youth ages 17-24 are fit enough to join the US militar...

"And in the last eclipse the sea Shall stand up like a tower, Above all moons made dark and riven, Hold up its foaming head in heave...

I'm sure we've talked about the famous 'trolley problem' many times. Classically, there's no right answer to it, but it...

The original classic . Now, featuring David Hasselhoff! No, I don't know how this happened.

Well, it's good to know that the fine law enforcement folks in Minnesota are taking care of the most serious crimes facing their communi...

The commanding officer of the US Army ROTC program in Arizona has required his training battalion to wear their uniform in a manner violat...

I didn't handle the previous post on this topic well, but I feel like there are some important issues at stake so I'm taking anothe...

And a video that shows the scythe-work up close:

There's a maxim in there somewhere .

Searching for the “best kept secret in outsourcing,” one that can “provide you with all the advantages” of domestic workers, but with “offsh...