Country Cooking at the VFD I arrived home last night just in time for — literally within an hour of — the Volunteer Fire Department’s Christ...

I came across this link on Twitter , and it leads to a post not just presenting the video, but the history, language, and musical evolution ...

Back in the District for three nights. With the expected transition coming in days, the bureaucracy is off the chain. Crazy times. 

A good day spent with  wild horses (or feral ponies, depending upon whom you ask). The horses are pretty calm, as long as you treat them wi...

…at dawn. 

Peruvian cuisine tonight. The waitress carefully explained to me, after I ordered it, that it would be the actual heart of an animal. It was...

Come for the riot-worthy recipe, stay for the story of Cadet Jefferson Davis's eggnog rebellion.

A crazy thought from disappointed Democrats: maybe the Constitution has some answers for how to rein in government when we find ourselves ...

A friend writes: Events are moving quickly in Syria after Hezbollah was crushed. The Turkish terrorists have taken Hama, the Iraqi parliamen...

I’m making a final swing for business before settling down to winter on the mountain. I’ll be on the road until the 13th. Posting may be lig...

Several reports of the surprising-but-not-surprising Hunter Biden pardon have mentioned that Hunter will no longer be able to plead the Fift...

In 1997 an experimental archeology project was begun near Treigny, France. The project was to build a new castle, Guédelon Castle, using on...

As a student of Medieval history I have read a vast number of papers by other students of such history. As the academy has grown more and mo...

Yesterday a surprise offensive led to the fall of Aleppo, Syria's largest city. The most important question to ask yourself when trying ...

Today is the feast day of the first of Jesus’ disciples, Andrew the Apostle . Because he is the patron saint of Scotland, today is a nationa...

Clean, old-fashioned hate had a banner year. Georgia beat Tech after being down 17 points at halftime, tying it up in the fourth quarter, a...

  That was back in September. Here's a much shorter video from today that shows more of the cathedral. This would be worth going to see.

I roasted a duck stuffed with apples and red onion, as well as various herbs. There are only three of us for the feast this year, so it seem...

Everyone remembers the WKRP episode , but in 1924 something similar really happened in Tulsa.  It’s something that would be hard to imagine...