I guess there’s something to be said for Texas. 

It’s an upset, but I suppose it’s not a surprise. Army couldn’t even beat Afghanistan this year. 

Today I was traveling down the highway and I turned on the radio -- always a mistake -- and heard some kind of 'country' on the broa...

Ideally , I guess. Good luck making them. I'd be satisfied if they'd learn a pragmatic lesson. Their way doesn't work. Their ide...

In his final letter , he anticipated the Babylon Bee. 

If you ask Wikipedia, this is a novelty song. But I don't think that's fair. It's a song that celebrates a very common experienc...

A woman named Abbie Richards has proposed this typology of conspiracy theories, from wild-sounding things that turn out to be unquestionabl...

Biden administration to advise Ukraine to surrender disputed territories to Russia. 

Not in the best of shape after a thousand years , but they can do a lot with X-rays now. 

A boat in a holiday parade is disqualified for “an overt political message.”

Another essay on REH’s Barbarian, this one by a British comedian. Well, and a general appreciation for Howard’s work: The Jacobean 1936 cow...

David Brooks has penned an article in which he tries to explain what he understands the great conservative thinkers to be saying, and why h...

The NYT is worried that the Biden administration is projecting weakness on Ukraine and elsewhere. That's true, although I find their de...

Strangely I don't think I've ever mentioned Guy Clark before, or put up any of his music. Spotify came up with these two songs in a ...

In general we expect technology to improve over time. However, there are examples of older technologies that are actually superior to what r...

This is a friendly story to the accused and at a friendly outlet, but the FBI hasn't exactly been racking up reasons to trust them just...

I finished the second of the puppet stages. They're dry enough now that I can spray both of them with an archival non-yellowing varnish...

We remember in honor of our parents or grandparents. When we are gone, maybe our children will remember. Once our ancestors did mighty thing...

This bears some looking into . It's not the "dark side," by the way. The Moon doesn't have a dark side any more than the...

 I never have had Lone Star Beer. I need to rectify that before I die.