Arthur Brooks talks about the worst part of poverty. A few months into the program, I asked Rick, "How is your life?" and he s...

I guess we'll just have to get along without them, somehow or other. Hägar the Horrible had a cartoon, years ago, where the little ta...

AVI has a post up about the Kingston Trio . I mentioned that a particular favorite of my father's was the following song. On a simi...

Yesterday morning’s Dennis Prager show had on as a guest Reverend Doctor William J. Slattery (Ph.D in philosophy, with a specialization ...

The least surprising headline I've seen lately, except that we haven't had a big mass shooting lately: "Don’t Blame Mental Il...

One of the conceits of the Robert E. Howard stories is that history has simply forgotten many ancient civilizations, which were far more tec...

Sounds like a fellow with an interesting story . Hans Jonatan was born into slavery on a Caribbean sugar plantation, and he died in a small...

Maybe this threat isn't aimed at Trump voters, whom I agree will probably not be much moved by it.

The Grey Lady is taking one day off of its constant drum-beat to give a voice to the other side .

In fairness to Sen. Booker, 'mansplaining' is a stupid word ; he's perfectly right that he should be able to be critical of a ca...

There is a campaign calling itself "New California" that wants to separate the rural parts of California from the existing state....

The Resistance aids Darth Vader , via the Intercept . Meanwile, DB: "Chelsea Manning hopes to become Senate’s first openly transgend...

Looking towards Roan High Knob Spent the weekend in the border regions between the Cherokee and the Pisgah National Forests. It was fairly ...

And as my husband points out, both countries are achieving their goals .

Generally considered a myth, there turns out to be contemporary images of a man wearing a horned helmet from the Oseberg tapestries . It see...

If you made it through that, you're probably mad at me. But it's a fine song, just as I said, and so you'll perhaps forgive t...

On the one hand, I'm not sure that this rises to the level of 'treason.' It's not in the strict sense waging war on the Re...

Out in Austin, Texas, a young woman had an interesting idea for a business: open a coffee shop populated by her large cat collection, plus ...

The Barrister over at Maggie's Farm posted this the other day . Hasnas holds a JD and a Ph.D. in philosophy. His law review article ...

It's incredible what a difference a close-up makes.