My wife is from Indiana, so I spent a little time there when I was younger. We haven't been in quite a few years now, but I remember the...

Today the WaPo has an article called "How women can stay safe while running or hiking alone," which was later retitled to "R...

One of my Senators is not too happy with one of Georgia's elected representatives.  Sen. Thom Tillis’s (R-N.C.) comments to CNN on Tues...

It was just a couple of weeks ago that we took notice of a self-criticism of NPR by one of its senior journalists; he is, of course, no lon...

New technology allowing the reading of those ancient scrolls seems to have identified the precise place where Plato was buried. 

A judge who behaves this way should be impeached, as well as disbarred.  She told us, ‘Do not bring the Second Amendment into this courtroo...

How to save American colleges: an essay. All higher-education courses could be done online via bots with no need for expensive classrooms, d...

David Foster added a link to a list of some of his favorite rodeo songs in the comments to the bullriding post below. I'm raising it to...

Omri Ceren makes note of a message sent to Jewish students at Columbia University. Mostly the message pertains to the fact that Jews can no ...

Last week while I was in Vegas, Dad29 had a post about infinity . I foolishly promised to respond to it, and will attempt to do so now. Ther...

Unexpectedly, the Washington Post writes an in-depth piece about one of the great rodeo riders of our day.  From under a black felt cowboy ...

By the great Stoney Edwards, he followed Charley Pride’s success and made this song a hit in 1973. 

Daniel C. Dennett died today at the age of 82. His work on intentionality -- by which he meant the inside-your-mind view of yourself, as we...

Possibly not a great one. The mission to build a floating pier off Gaza isn't going well Beege Welborn hopes it will be at least a help...

I have returned to my mountain fastness, after an exhausting near-week in Vegas.  The spring has advanced rapidly in my absence. When I left...

One of the things I’m doing out here is visiting with the UFC. View from the VIP gallery.

The one thing that isn’t fake in this town is the beautiful Mojave sky. This was taken by the roller coaster in the same casino with the bar...