The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) conducted a study of multiple outcomes should the Chinese invade Taiwan . The resu...

A metal interpretation of the sort of cursing described in Egils saga Skallagrímssonar .  [Egil] took in his hand a hazel-pole, and went to ...

I missed the first quarter due to Fire/Rescue training, which I suppose demonstrates my dedication to the latter. Tonight’s National Champio...

I noted  this article  last week, but I wanted to avoid politics for the holidays. It is highly unusual for the radical, normally-left site ...

A few years ago there was a famous study that showed that the early population of Iceland was made up almost 50-50 of Norsemen and Gaels -- ...

Writing from the southern Philippines, Georgi Engelbrecht describes a failed jihadist movement's attempts to establish a stronghold ther...

As the discussion in the comments has illuminated, today marks the end of Christmas and the start of Epiphanytide, though in another sense t...

The relevant festival for today seems to be informal: it is the eve of Epiphany, which brings about some duties and preparations. The formal...

I'm not doing political posts by intention during the Christmas season, so look for those to resume not sooner than Monday. This one is ...

Today is the feast day for St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, an eighteenth century(!) saint who is by far the furthest removed from the events of Ch...

Today is also the 131st birthday of JRR Tolkien. The age has an analogue : Since Bilbo had been a ring-bearer, he was allowed to accompany ...

January 3rd marks the day on which the baby was formally named by Joseph. One might object that the Son’s name predates the formality, havi...

Today is the feast day of both St. Basil the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa, who were brothers. They are as 4th century saints quite late co...

The first of the year is the Solemnity of Mary . 

Oh, and ah, happy new year. 

You’ve all been around here long enough to know about Hogmanay .  Venison steak pie. Have a merry one. 

The 31st of December was the death day of Pope Sebastian I, later canonized as St. Sebastian I. He was Pope at the time of the conversion of...

Merry Christmas, Jay.

It's hard to beat either Bonnie Raitt or Allison Krauss, but I wouldn't have guessed they'd sing so well together. "You an...

This one of the 12 Days of Christmas travels around the calendar. It’s normally the Sunday after Christmas, but when Christmas itself falls...