This particular train is of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad , currently blocking the end of the one-way road into Dillsboro, North Caroli...

Screwtape warned his trainee tempter of the danger when humans remember that despair is a worse sin than any of the sins that provoke it. ...

In spite of their concerns caused by the lengthy delay, the Greeks abide by the truce and wait to be led out by the Persian forces. This mar...

Canada's version of USAID has just deleted "its entire public database of foreign aid spending."  They don't even have a D...

A firefighter and former Marine shows honor , and class.

J. Michael Waller suggests that there's a reason the Tulsi/Kash nominations are taking a while: Congress is afraid of vengeance from the...

The army has the usual problem for armies of feeding itself. Logistics is going to be a key problem for the rest of the tale; we've alr...

The day after the great battle the Greek generals meet before dawn to decide how to proceed in the absence of orders or clear intelligence. ...

The USAID/State Department funding schemes are far vaster than Watergate, far bigger than Iran/Contra, embrace the gain-of-function scandal,...

 

In the great battle just described, there was an ineffective use of a rather innovative weapons system that was specifically designed to con...

There was a similar closure and folding-into-State of the US Information Agency during the Clinton administration. It resulted in a permane...

I was definitely not expecting the concept of the US taking over and developing a resort complex in the Gaza strip.  Removing the people f...

In ancient times the region Cyrus has been traveling through, which is part of Anbar Province today, was called Arabia. Now that he has come...

My son absolutely astonished me today by bringing home a letter from his Dean. He had a really tough start to college due to COVID disruptin...

A big story this morning is that Bill Kristol has been outed as the recipient of millions of dollars of USAID (closed as of this morning!) ...

Before we reach the great battle at Cunaxa , which is where modern Baghdad stands, some internal tensions start to appear. The army's co...

A very welcome feast. Today is the feast day of St. Brigid, which also marks the end of my beer fast through Dry January. I may have to resc...

So for the last week I've been thinking that a lot of these moves we've seen have been about trying to push a court fight on the imp...