The Washington Post has an interesting satellite view that expands slowly out into a map of the area northeast of Asheville, and then to all...

Illinois just lost its assault weapons ban, based on a philosphical argument about the famous rabbit/duck graphic .  Always nice to see phil...

Now you're talking . In a move that feels straight out of sci-fi, SpaceX has proposed “Marslink,” an adaptation of its Starlink satellit...

I saw a pithy GenX explanation yesterday, basically "You tried to shove a Nanny State down the throats of a generation that didn't ...

CNN worries about how the second Hitler term will be even worse than the first: [T]he staffing decisions this time around will be designed ...

There are an endless number of election post-mortems today, focusing on how Trump overcame his 'baggage' (mostly people didn't b...

 The NYT's Editorial Board today : The founders of this country recognized the possibility that voters might someday elect an authoritar...

First he dodged a bullet, and then we did. NOTE: This post was actually written by Texan99. See discussion. 

Dad29 sent me this clip of Tucker Carlson talking about nuclear power as demonic .  I think he is clearly correct that spiritual things are ...

The pointless, farcical “pier” to Gaza still managed to cost the life of an American soldier . 

 Found this thread on Twitter analyzing the targeting patterns of Israel in Southern Lebanon, and a couple places stand out- one of them an ...

Back in August, Ukraine pushed into Kursk to the great excitement of German armor commanders. We rarely discuss that war in this forum, but ...

I was headed towards the Joyce Kilmer Forest yesterday in part because I was reflecting on a discussion with family of his most famous poe...

What has been considered a dialect in central Sweden, the form “Elfdalian” is now recognized as a distinct Nordic language.  Elfdalian is ...

I saw two bears today from the back of my motorcycle, and by sunset two bull elk fighting and wrestling with their antlers. I didn’t get pic...

The Borrowed Band singing a Haggard tune.  The big flag is hanging off a fire pike run through the ladder of Waynesville Tower 1.  It is a f...

A poem by Robert Frost.   My sorrow, when she’s here with me,       Thinks these dark days of autumn rain  Are beautiful as days can be;  Sh...