People might think you're a Republican or something.  Only fools yield symbols as powerful as that to their enemies. That point is obvi...

The band is new to me, but they've got a respectable name: "Gunnar and the Grizzly Boys."  What interests me about this song i...

You've all heard this song a million times, as have I. That said, the video they apparently filmed back when they were first performing ...

The invention of the mousetrap does not date from our days; as soon as societies, in forming, had invented any kind of police, that police i...

A rash of church burnings in Canada continues with the destruction of another church in Edmonton.  Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president o...

A subject we've discussed occasionally is the topic of a Bloomberg article. 

Recently under discussion, here are some examples from the 1930s and 1940s of music that is more complex than what you are likely to hear to...

Trump was still president when they started routinely violating the Constitution in pursuit of his supporters.  [T]he FBI has continued to ...

Asheville was perfectly pleasant today. I saw three cops, or one and a half percent of the remaining force, all hanging out together near do...

Apparently the huge spikes in crime are starting to worry some folks. Not because of the suffering associated with the crime; because of the...

A style of remixed music of which I've just become aware is "Bardcore," a playful attempt to re-imagine contemporary songs in ...

Amid the constant gaslighting, how refreshing to see a fully honest fact check .  In fact, you do not have to look far in the Constitution t...

 

Deep into the second year of the pandemic, Latin America is facing an education crisis . It has suffered the longest school shutdowns of any...

The old ways are not forgotten:  "A Co 2/121 48th IBCT and the Canadian 48th Highlanders initiate an ambush with bagpipe"

Maggie Valley. Not the greatest rally ever, but it’s good to see people getting back to life.  A beautiful Shovelhead, named after the disti...

 

  No, this wasn't actually worn by a 13th century bishop into battle, but it's incredible craftsmanship and artistry regardless, and...