I rode an easy 405 miles today, according to Google Maps’ measurement. It took about ten hours, adding in stops for lunch, water, gas, and r...

They hated the Confederate flag, sure. Then it was the Betsy Ross flag . Then it was the Gadsden flag . Then it was just the plain old Ameri...

This Memorial Day, I think I'll attend a motorcycle rally in Arlington built around Veteran riding groups and clubs. I don't know if...

Almost every internal combustion engine would benefit from a turbo. Superchargers are usually not necessary. Air rams ?  Maybe not.

Norway, Spain, and Ireland took the unusual step of extending diplomatic recognition to a state that does not exist . They recognized "...

Yeah, Elvin Bishop . Sounds like he'd fit in here, or show up in a Grim novel. From Tulsa, studied physics at U Chicago, joined the Butt...

The most astonishing thing in this congressional report on government conspiracy to censor and silence right wing media and views is that th...

Dad29 sends the story story  of a priest from the Society of Jesus who ministered to his flock during those hours when Catholicism was banne...

From The Sword, a piece of metal named for one of the great Conan tales. 

Following an absurd court case, the Texas governor pardoned a deserving man. 

Via Instapundit , a blog post from a Chinese girl  person*** in the San Francisco area who has a German boyfriend. It is, as she(?) herself ...

A few classic pieces by greats of the genre.

  I imagine Mike G. knows of Paradise Falls and its attendant gorge. There are innumerable waterfalls around this part of western North Car...

The recent movie Oppenheimer pointed out that they set off the Trinity test bomb knowing that their calculations showed a non-zero chance it...

This is another article on the rampant corruption and unfairness attendant to the multiple lawfare attacks on a certain Republican presiden...

I was reading a column by Heather MacDonald last week that contained this striking phrase. (I admit I don't always look at the author...

I finally saw my bear. Conan alerted me. The bear is big and beautiful, 350 pounds at least.  I’ve been protecting him from bear hunters for...

For Mother’s Day, I took my wife hiking. We ate sandwiches on my fresh-baked bread to eat at the midpoint of the hike.  The Graveyard Fields...

So in the comments to a post occasioned by one of Janet's comments back in February, an anonymous commenter asked me if I'd been to ...