The first Durham indictment! Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith will plead guilty to doctoring an email used as part of a process to secure ...

I don't claim to know much about how COVID treatments work, but I find this article pretty persuasive .

Thanks for all the commentary on the post below about closing the Hall.  For now I will follow the advice some of you gave and leave the Hal...

My county's citizens prevailed in their move to force the Commissioners Court to set a proposed bond for election.  The powers-that-be a...

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 ...