Wretchard is  making the same point  I was thinking about earlier, but better and with greater detail. Venezuela had a Russian-supplied inte...

In 1688 the heretofore subjects of the English King James II elected to remove him from power, as of course they had a right to do. This is...

It is a very strange casus belli , to claim that a foreign leader broke our laws in his country. Of course, the NFA is itself an unconstitut...

I’ll go to this war, if he means it. I’ll die in it gladly .

It’s probably fine for Manhattan , collectivism instead of rugged individualism . Well, no, it’s not. But it’s their problem rather than ou...

Happy New Year .

It's easy to complain about the things that a given administration gets wrong; they're actual, after all, and their mistakes therefo...

AVI sometimes accuses me of this, with fairness. Today for our late Sunday breakfast I made applewood-smoked bacon and fried eggs, but I dec...

I met a British lady on the trail at Whitewater Falls. We spoke because she complimented my patience with her in taking photos of the thing,...

Lots of good motorcycle weather lately. A rare Christmas present! It’s ending soon; next week is going to have weather in the teens again.  ...

Whitewater Falls, as viewed from ~100 yards inside South Carolina. The same waterfall about 100 yards back inside North Carolina. Lake Jocas...

May God grant you all a fine feast and a peaceful celebration on this most glorious of days. Thank you for being my friends and companions, ...

UPDATE: Told you (see comments to the post below this one):

  NORAD Tracker

An early gift I received this year was The Lodge [Cast Iron Company] Book of Dutch Oven Cooking . It's a very thoughtfully constructed ...

The discussion of the war crime of aggression has been long; it is still perhaps of interest. I’m going to post a series of photographs of p...

AVI linked an interesting discussion of the forces pulling young people away from marriage. The study attempts balance, but I think it is ...

In a discussion of 'America's art of war,' historian VDH notes :  [T]hroughout the American Revolution, Patriots exhibited a sin...