Fair Warning: I don't think there is any actual country music in this post.  

Congratulations to the dog, whose name is also Conan (Gaelic: "Little wolf"), on surviving to his first birthday.

The other day AVI had a post on self-observation. AVI himself raised the issue that it can tie one in knots, and is 'no picnic.' Alt...

Dad moved to Atlanta in the early 1970s to work for Southern Bell after he got out of the Army. These are the kind of songs he would have he...

Just to illustrate the longetivity of this casting scheme, I'd like to tell a funny story that was told to me nearly thirty years ago by...

I keep pointing out the Joe Bob Briggs lecture called "How the Rednecks Saved Hollywood," in which he explains that once you could...

The Supreme Court's questioning on this 'bump stock' case suggests that they're getting bogged down on the question of wheth...

I used to enjoy Vice, back in the days when it was more like this : For young people trying to break into TV, pitching to every other media ...

Apparently the new "white nationalism," which later became "white supremacy" (but not white supremacy the way the Klan ...

I don't know why Google Photos is bringing these photos forward now; I haven't seen them in years. This one is from a tribal compoun...

The Scotsman Public House featuring live Celtic music. “Frog Level” Brewing Company Americana.  Back to the Scotsman for Ben & the Borro...

Although so far she's not winning many votes, Nikki Haley is leading the unnamed real estate magnate in fundraising . So too is Joe Bide...

Google apologizes after its new AI generated “racially diverse” images of Nazis.  As the article explains, the diversity is limited because...

This was one of three versions of the plot of Rio Bravo , of which the original was best but each had its charms. For example, John Wayne ro...

…but this was not as festive as you might be imagining. 

Johns Hopkins' Center for Gun Violence Solutions has produced  yet another of the endless calls for gun control that is their purpose f...

It's hard not to see New York's actions against a certain political candidate and real estate magnate as similarly apparently improp...

So if you are facing an impeachment inquiry based on the testimony of an FBI informant, why not just arrest him and  charge him with lying ...

I think that the idea of citizenship is very difficult for progressives because it entails a created difference between human beings that al...

Last week's post in response to James' post garnered an interesting discussion, with Tom entering in towards the end to add the Orth...