An interesting account of a duel in the Jacob Burns Law Library : In 1400, the last trial by combat (judicial duel) of note was fought in Fr...

Just a man and his faithful steed this weekend.  US 64 through the forest near Winding Stair Gap Nantahala National Forest above Franklin

Mike G mentioned in the comments to the Helen post that Walhalla's Oktoberfest was this weekend. It's actually not: it's next we...

A man from Atlanta -- the report says "Georgia man," but let's be clear, he's an Atlanta man -- came up here to enjoy a li...

A lot of ink has been spilled on the Jay Jones controversy in Virginia , where a would-be Attorney General wished his political opponents...

We are about halfway through Book VIII, after which there are two more books. Presumably this is good for you, those of who who are reading ...

Apparently during the long Bondi hearing, the more scurrilous of my Senators had some things to say about my neighbors the Eastern Band of ...

We continue to explore equality and inequality in friendships in today's chapter. But there is another kind of friendship, viz. that wh...

Today's chapter builds on the discussion of the previous one. Between sour and elderly people friendship arises less readily, inasmuch a...

I fear this is just a negotiating tactic : just as we didn't see mass firings at SECWAR's event, I doubt they are really sincere abo...

We can do a second chapter today because the next one is very short. As in regard to the virtues some men are called good in respect of a s...

...isn't strictly my business, but this logic is striking. The point of collective bargaining was, you might recall, that it would incre...

AVI linked this essay on class, which is a little difficult to decipher; the markers have become so obfuscated that it's hard to say wh...

The newest range report is out. That puts us in the "established (breeding)" population region. I guess it's officially an arm...

More on the friendships of good versus bad men . Ugly men are not considered.  This kind of friendship [i.e. the best kind], then, is perfec...

It's the VA . U.S. servicemembers who sustain injuries while putting their lives on the line for our country deserve generous treatment ...

There are a couple of veterans who have entered the race in my Congressional district. Democrat Moe Davis is back in, a retired USAF colone...

The NYT has an article today about an artist I've never heard of before: "She Didn’t Speak to Other Women for 28 Years. What Did It...

Following a dramatic but nonlethal ambush of Homeland Security agents in Chicago, DHS is sending what they describe as "special operat...

In this chapter , Aristotle gives his case for an ideal friendship.  Now these reasons differ from each other in kind; so, therefore, do th...