So, the latest thing that is definitely going to lead to impeachment according to Twitter is this story that Trump asked Ukraine to investig...

The Oxford English Dictionary, compiled in part by Tolkien, is asked to strip out offensive words. Offensive to whom? Guess .

Elizabeth Warren doesn't like men ? Elizabeth Warren made the political calculation this week that she doesn’t need men to win the pres...

Per Glenn Reynolds :  Because of fracking, (1) the U.S. is suffering only a moderate fuel price shock from the Saudi oil-field strike, (2) C...

I’m a little behind this week. Tex is doing a great job running the place, with an assist from Tom. I’ll get back with you soon.

Sen. Webb tells the story of the burial of 81 ARVN paratroopers in California: On Friday, a U.S. Air Force aircraft will carry the comm...

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This isn't going to get any prettier .

No one knows how long DNA has been around, but a confident guess would be some billions of years.  In all that time, it's been trying, i...

David Epstein is out with a book countering Malcolm Gladwell's "10,000," arguing that starting early and practicing endlessly...

Best tank up. Iranian-backed Yemeni Houthi rebels claim credit for taking out half of Saudi Arabia's oil production (5% of world produc...

And now for a break from ranting:

The New Neo reports on George Packer's description of the moral dilemmas of parents trying to run their kids through public wokeschool....

This kind of nonsense would be chilling even if it were not based on a transparent attempt to use ignorant pseudo-science as an excuse to ...

Andrew McCabe reportedly has threatened to take them all down with him.  Go for it , Andy.

It's a loss that leaves people sputtering.

From " How the Great Truth Dawned ": Many, including Solzhenitsyn, took the next step and accepted God. Why not remain an atheis...

This is an interesting interview that makes some good points about the timidity (to the point of dishonesty) of 19th century translations. ...