In the local paper today: Elections officials held a meeting this morning to clear the air about a sudden increase in ballots favoring Democ...

My father as a Vietnam-era Drill Instructor; I think he was a Staff Sergeant in this picture, but I can't see the rank insignia.  My bes...

As fond as I am of Child ballads for lo these five decades or more, I don't recall hearing "Earl Richard" until this week. Po...

For one reason and another, until just now I had never read the once-popular novel Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini . It is exactly the so...

To all the Marines in the audience, enjoy the day.  (Meme by  Gruntworks )

While the best way to study Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics is to read the whole thing carefully, over and over, and then read Aquinas...

The elections are the subject of a lot of discussion today, for obvious reasons; but at least locally, things went as well as I could have w...

Last night at 1:45 AM the county paged out an all-stations-call to let us know that 911 was down, and there were large-scale phone service o...

You say it's my birthday (66).

I just posted that song by the Barnyard Stompers because it's my favorite one that they do, but as I was reflecting on it today I reali...

One rarely encounters anything close to true justice in the world; one never meets any Platonic form in the street, but Justice in particula...

That's the Outlaw country / metal band known as the Barnyard Stompers. If any of you like that and are inclined to the highway, they...

Or, why black Republicans ' ain't '... er, acceptable .  How can we distinguish between the different types of Black Republicans...

It's hard to realize how bad things have gotten outside of the wilderness in which I have fastened myself. I used to go to this part of ...

At least they picked a pretty place to get lost. This morning was spent rescuing some hikers from the Panthertown wilderness. There is not a...

The Fire Dog was worn out by all the children.  Jack .   

Jerry Lee Lewis , wildest of pianists and rockabilly lord, died this week after a false report earlier in the week. He was recently inducted...

The Biden administration put out a National Security Strategy last year; the Office of the Secretary of Defense has now put out its companio...

Professor Emeritus Ann Sheffield begins with the Saga of Olav Tryggvason . It's about twenty minutes for those of you who, like me, enjo...