It was a good ride when you were young enough to do it; best of luck to the kids doing it now.

It's not as well known as the Norse sagas, but it's actually a good read.

Man, it’s cold. 

From a history of Henry II. of England in a Gutenberg project: [A]s king and chancellor [Beckett] were riding together through the streets o...

This is an excellent list of the dozens of cases stacked up in front of the Supreme Court at present. Not an analysis of the issues and pro...

 So my son was headed to a concert tonight, and it turns out the album he was listening to by the group- The Oh Hellos- was inspired by C.S....

 A birthday song for Tex

It is my birthday today--I am 69--and my expanding squad of dog helpers are spontaneously uniting in an aimable conspiracy to supply me with...

A little cowboy music on a Friday. 

I'm personally of the opinion that we shouldn't provide food stamps to anyone at all, nor health care, nor any government aid. Peop...

(1) It's pretty good at what amounts to a skip-trace on an old friend or relative you've lost contact with. (2) It does a great jo...

We begin with the examination of opinions worth considering, as we have been doing throughout.  Eudoxus thought pleasure was the good becaus...

A more than modest proposal . We may need some government. But some government is far less than we have now when disruptions in the budget p...

Jury nullification is a beautiful thing, even if you don't agree with the particular case: it's always good to see the people tell ...

Tom was asking about this topic below; here’s a paper by Linda Zagzebski that came across my desk, which is on the matter.  Is ethics all a...

. . . I see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot. But I did forget the Fifth of November completely, until I happened to ...

AVI makes a good point:   ...liberals have become more and more European, and have oriented themselves toward Western European comparisons,...