The nice lady who lived by the place that burned Monday brought me a cobbler and a very sweet note. I’m glad I was out at the time she broug...

A hero even in California .

Kerry Slone, who describes herself as a victim of domestic violence, has a suggestion for those like herself. A firearm represents a much b...

Three junior Marines dead in North Carolina. 

The Hunter Biden plea deal is not quite dead, but it's not looking good , either.

There's a bit of a fuss over Politico hosting a 'masculinity' issue without actually asking any men to participate in it. I agr...

So today, after the weekend of intense rescue training, I intended to take a day off from firefighting and rest up. As we were driving to th...

Without being a Larry Summers fan, I thought he got the boot as Harvard's president under ridiculous circumstances. In this Bari Weiss ...

In addition to the TR General/Rope Rescue series I mentioned, I've been concurrently taking TR Wilderness classes on alternating weekend...

Quite a translation from the French.  I need to try to remember “ Salut à toutes et à tous .” That could be a useful phrase sometime. 

Last night I took the last exam in the Technical Rescuer - General series (which in NC is also combined with the Rope Rescue specialization)...

Bionic hands are enjoying a significant improvement. For the first time, a person with an arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bio...

It’s taken a day of travel, but I’ve returned home to the far blue mountains .* I won’t be here long; by the end of the month I’m due to wan...

Longtime readers will remember Uncle Jimbo, former Green Beret and fellow BLACKFIVE blogger. I dropped in on him today while passing through...

Russia suspended its participation in the Black Sea deal, which provided a grain corridor to the world from the war in Ukraine. Wheat prices...

The Orthosphere pens the most genuinely conservative post I have read in many years: an argument in favor of natural slavery . Conservatives...

These numbers are fairly small, which suggests to me that they already had a specific list in mind. The Inactive Ready Reserve is generally...

I would note that this is not for the base brand, but for its "Platinum" high ABV version. Still, I tend to agree with the assessm...

AVI asked earlier if we are experiencing an illusion of moral decline. There are arguments for and against this idea. He presents a long co...

This interview starts off with a very aggressive question from the journalist: can you imagine suggesting to Johnny Cash at any point in his...