Late at night I exchange texts with one of my oldest friends, who among other things spins, dyes, and weaves. I send her progress reports o...

Like other large institutions that have had members commit sex crimes against children, the CIA tended to handle things internally -- leadin...

The Weather Underground plotted an assassination by their white members in blackface , in order to spark a revolution.

"Fed up with higher gas prices? Get over it ." We understand that for many people $3 a gallon is painful — especially lower-wage e...

Lee Smith continues his excellent reporting on Russiagate. 

 

I always love these archeological weapon finds. 

 Thought some here might be interested in this ...

Although we probably won't see a decision until this summer, the newly dominant conservative members of the Supreme Court appear to be r...

Poor old Bernie . The one commenter says that "It's not hard to use trans-inclusive language," but it really is for those of u...

My sister sends this unique calendar, which is also a case of beer. The first beer describes itself as a “grumpy German helles.”

 At this rate I may manage to get both puppet stages in the mail in time for Christmas.

Speaking of paintings, which rarely enter my mind, my wife is having a sale on her fine art paintings. Both her landscapes and her work fro...

At Christmas the urge to paint often comes over me. This year I'm working on a couple of puppet stages for a toddler great-niece. I fo...

It is often remarked that Andrew was a strange choice for a patron of Scotland , which has several native saints of her own.  All the same. 

Wretchard writes that all powers may be collapsing , ‘a failure not of this or that hegemony but of hegemony itself.’

Today being the first Sunday of Advent I got some initial decorating done. The lights at least are hung, and a small tree set up and given a...

Seth Barrett Tillman didn't think much of David Frum's recent OpEd arguing that the Russia Hoax wasn't really a hoax: Frum’s po...

Judy Collins is best known for covering songs. Her voice isn't great, but her arrangements were spectacular, and I often forget that sh...