Just a short stretch of the legs. Spring is coming, but it’s not here yet. 

D29 is more on top of this story than I have been, but the report is out now and it has some pretty substantial findings. The topline findi...

Substack continues to publish useful articles you won't find in respectable newspapers any more.

I don't know for sure if this specific report is for real, but Samaritan's Purse , a Franklin Graham organization, claims to have pu...

I often talk about how there is socialism under my roof, and something very much like it among my closest circle, gradually shifting to outr...

LI The first and most necessary topic in philosophy is the practical application of principles, as, We ought not to lie; the second is that ...

For some of you this may be because you don’t like Honky Tonk sounds. Others do like them, and will find meaning in the lyrics. 

Fast days can be difficult, but I agree they are worthwhile. Likely we would all benefit from more fasts, spiritually as well as physically....

This time it’s Trudeau’s deputy . In fairness she probably had no idea what that said or meant; but if we were being fair, they’d have admit...

Victoria Coates was on the Trump administration’s National Security Council. She has a mild criticism . 

 

My county is so Republican that winning the primary virtually assures a candidate of winning the office in November.  Today was our primary ...

At a local government meeting the other night -- I'll spare the details to keep people out of trouble -- someone was describing the part...

L Whatever rules you have adopted, abide by them as laws, and as if you would be impious to transgress them; and do not regard what anyone s...

In general the Orthosphere is a good site that is worth reading, and this post is also. I simply wish to correct a point about which they a...

XLIX When anyone shows himself vain on being able to understand and interpret the works of Chrysippus, say to yourself: “Unless Chrysippus h...

XLVIII The condition and characteristic of a vulgar person is that he never looks for either help or harm from himself, but only from extern...

In the annals of meta, prepared to be shocked by the news that status pages for the big internet hubs sometimes are less than candid about t...

I play for team eukaryote myself, and have never thought of transitioning to prokaryote.  It would seem like abandoning complexity and speci...

XLVII When you have learned to nourish your body frugally, do not pique yourself upon it; nor, if you drink water, be saying upon every occa...