As usual, I will be attending the Stone Mountain Highland Games. There is always a strong Viking current to this Scottish cultural festiva...

The FBI issues its strongest warning yet about terror attacks against American military at home .

Maybe, anyway . This story passes the first test of credulity-straining internet news stories: the guy they name really does exist , reall...

I came across this at Ace's place  today and had a good chuckle: This post was cowritten with Elizabeth McLeod, a millennial and cum l...

On 14 October, 1066, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England died in battle . (If you don't get the joke, it's because you haven...

It seems clear to me, after sleeping on it, that the Democratic Party is going to nominate Hillary Clinton. Everyone on the stage who spoke...

Did I just hear Hillary Clinton leap forward to defend capitalism? Fascinating. UPDATE: Jim Webb stakes out a pro-gun position -- not ju...

A different sort than we usually celebrate, says Reason magazine, but worthy in ways we don't like to consider : Chinn was a black man i...

A writer called "Geeky Leftist" explains the numbers .

I think the DA will have a lot of trouble making these charges stick, as the law they were indicted under requires you to show that the grou...

The MacArthurs claim descent from him, so perhaps it is no surprise that a "round table" has been discovered in Scotland. The King...

Have you ever thought that academia would be improved by more conservatives holding professorships? Good news!   Better gun laws are making...

Turns out there's a great reason that people on the right don't see eye to eye with the President. They're just not smart enoug...

What does it say about your positions when you argue that a mass murdering, child killing, honest to God villain would probably support them...

Taranto mocks Governor Jerry Brown of California for approving state-assisted suicide , but not experimental drugs that might save your life...

The National Rifle Association was a little slow to respond to the President's call for 'Australian'-style gun confiscation. I ...

A meditation on an individual right that used to be treasured by the political left at least as much as the political right . Of course, t...

A Palestinian cleric, brandishing a knife, commands his brothers to stab Jews. 'Now we know why the Jews built walls around Jerusalem: ...

A comparison of Just War arguments .

Unconfirmed reports indicate Turkey may have shot down a Russian fighter that violated its airspace. If you've been watching the news,...