My niece Clio, in the midst of a story about kids who were mean: "But my mom always says, if somebody does something mean to you, do it...

Periodically I watch this classic skit. David Brooks is channeling the skit today in "What If We're the Bad Guys Here?" H...

Every day I have to ask myself whether there's a limit to how low this process can go. The new establishment spin on Hunter Biden is t...

From Maggie's Farm today: “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was...

For the next three weeks I will be visiting my mother, sister, and niece on the border of Wyoming and Idaho. It’s a very different land than...

I haven't saved anyone from physical peril lately, unlike our host. What I have been, is involved in a local crisis with the animal she...

The lead story for two weeks running in The Smoky Mountain News has been about a dude* in a bikini. Nobody knows who this dude is, or what ...

We had a call overnight that lasted 14 hours. A big storm left us pulling security for the electrical workers who were repairing the damage ...

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...