Powerline notes in The Week in Pictures that the Libertarian presidential candidate has been bitten by a possibly rabid bat , and adds That...

I am proofreading a book on William Blake by G. K. Chesterton.  Addressing the question whether the passionate Blake was mad, Chesterton arg...

Help .

Insanity Wrap :  After seven decades in power, the [Chinese] ruling party has faced potentially existential challenges over the past year, f...

A historical essay into the Conan author’s world. 

So as promised, here are my reflections on the subject of violence and growth.  We began the discussion in the comments of this post , and c...

My county government has managed to bungle the roll-out of a proposal to borrow a ton of money to finance a new courthouse so stupendously t...

I’m thinking about hanging it up with blogging. I’ve got too much to do these days, and little time for an idle hobby. I don’t know that I h...

Monday. 

Another set of data. 

Richard the Lionheart defeated Saladin in the battle of Arsuf, the location of which has been discovered . 

Friday. 

Portland bans urinals because women can’t use them .  "We will continue to have gender-specific (male and female) multi-stall restrooms...

Really? Well, here they are at Slane Castle, Meath:

The late Charlie Daniels is featured in this.

In a post below , I promised a discussion in a few days of the issue of whether violence enables personal growth in crucial ways; I want to ...

The bad news is that the DC Circuit Court agreed to an en banc rehearing of the Flynn case, meaning that poor General Flynn is in for at le...

One last one for the night, to wash away the ska or just for the tin whistle and quick tune.

Yeah, not a Hall thing, but ... well, it's Wednesday. The Wanderer wouldn't mind. Is ska even a thing anymore? Um, update ....