The governor of New Mexico has issued a decree purporting to "suspend" the right to carry a firearm in Albuquerque -- most famous...

The story is in Jacobin , whose name heralds their opinion of the philosophy without the need of reading it. Still, Wretchard took note of ...

The British have decided to protect the lands around Tintagel Castle , preserving a natural character to the area. Tintagel was of course th...

The Orthosphere on a recent sentencing in the J6 case: I believe John Derbyshire coined the phrase “cold civil war” as a name for the ever-...

The Racketeer-Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) has had a troubled history even before this year. As an act it is only dubiou...

Roger Stone, a man with a tattoo of Nixon on his back, suggests that it was. Hot Air is gravely upset at the suggestion: Brian Kemp didn’t s...

Two pieces today  find that the percentage is on the order of sixty. 

Yesterday I took a hike on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail . I didn't do the whole thing, just a section near Haywood Gap.  Much of the trail...

I remember first hearing this one playing on the radio in the family car when I was a kid. It gave us all a laugh and I've enjoyed his m...

Continuing the topic of rebuilding , one of the themes that emerged in the recent discussion was that of local government. AVI suggested tha...

Today I got up and lit my smoker before my first meeting. Over the course of the day, in addition to work, I smoked two whole Boston Butts a...

Wyoming just had a major restoration of civil rights for non-violent felons. There remain problems.  A restoration of rights for nonviolent...

My mother sent me this photo today. If I’d been there another week, alas. 

 

This is a refreshing story.

It’s a sign of the changing city that an auto shop should be renovated into a feminist bookstore , but what a price tag: a million dollars! ...

The governor of Tennessee decided that he wanted gun control laws, and when the legislature refused to pass any he called them back for a s...

Last week the NYT published an opinion piece suggesting what the author described as a  better way  for American democracy: dispensing with ...

In fairness, that was the Weather Channel. The radar app on my phone said 90%. I had a pretty good feeling which one was going to prove to b...

With faith and patience, purgatories end. I have passed through the fire and noise, and returned at last to the peace and coolth of my mount...